Good time to Scan

[paul at pauldotcom.com (Paul Asadoorian)]

If you're scanning workstations I highly recommend credentialed
scanning.  There is little impact on the end-user workstations, and you
get better results (less false positives, more information about the
installed software, devices, etc..).

We started doing this on some of our consulting engagements and are very
happy with the results.  It really gives you a good picture of the
network, systems, and a snapshot of the security practices that exist
(or not).

Cheers,
Paul

On 3/29/10 8:26 PM, Michael Douglas wrote:
> we scan our workstations during a few windows.
>
> Early in the morning (between 6-8:30 local) if they're running.
> After the work day (between 6:30 - 9ish) if they're running.
> If all else fails, we scan around lunchtime (11:30 - 1)  We only use
> this time as a fall back... this will impact users.
>
>
> HTH,
> - Mick
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Juan Cortes <juanccortester at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Guys,
> >
> > Sort of new to this, but is there a sort of industry standard time when to
> > scan. Basically this scan will be workstations and I would like to scan them
> > during the day since some users turn them off and I would like to get away
> > from bugging people to leave them on.  Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > --
> > Juan C. Cortes
> > Chicago, Il
> >
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