Configure a Ruleset

As its name implies, a ruleset is a set of rules that tells us which events you want to be alerted on. Go to Configuration > Rulesets to tell us which events you want to be alerted on. You can monitor changes to hosts, vulnerabilities, tickets, ports and certificates.

The Manager role has all the permissions to create, edit, view, and delete the rulesets. The Reader, Unit Manager, and Remediation user roles have permission to view the rulesets.

How do I add rules?

It's easy. Choose a rule type on the left and drag it to the right, then set the rule criteria. Be as specific as you want when setting rule criteria. For example, you may want to be notified for all new vulnerabilities or only new vulnerabilities on Windows hosts with a patch available. For some rule criteria, you can choose the option "Matches RegEx" and then provide a regular expression to match. To make a regular expression match case insensitive, include (?i) at the start of the regular expression. See sample rules below.

AND is used within a rule. For example, get an alert for a vulnerability that matches: New, Reopened status AND severity 5 AND has a patch.

OR is used between multiple rules. For example, get an alert for a newly opened port OR expired certificate OR new host.

OR is used between multiple Threat Protection RTIs (when available in your subscription). For example, get an alert for a vulnerability that matches Zero Day OR Public Exploit.

Sample Rules

In this example, alerts will be generated when we detect new or reopened vulnerabilities that need to be fixed to maintain PCI compliance.

sample PCI rule

Tip - Click the Add Criteria link to further customize this rule. For example, add host criteria to tell us the type of hosts this rule applies to.

In this example, alerts will be generated when we detect an expired certificate on a host with port 443 open. We evaluate certificate rules daily to find expired and expiring certificates. This is the only rule type not based on scans. (Tip - You could also create a Port rule and add certificate criteria to it. In that case, you will get alerts based on scans.)

sample certificates rule

In this example, alerts will be generated when any port except 80 or 443 is opened on a Linux host.

sample rule for open ports

In this example, alerts will be generated when we detect that FTP is running but not on port 21.

sample rule for FTP on port

In this example, alerts will be generated when we detect new, severity 5 vulnerabilities on hosts with operating systems that match Server, CentOS, Debian or DataCenter. (?i) indicates that the regular expression is case insensitive.

sample vulnerability rule on host matching OS regex

Configure a Ruleset

How do I add rules?

Sample Rules

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