Use report templates to create reports with views on your scan results and the current vulnerabilities on your hosts. You can choose an existing template we provide as a starting point, or you can create custom reports by telling us all the settings.
A few things to consider... |
Have you thought about which hosts you want to report on and what you want to see in your report? We can help you with this quickly - review the basics for some ideas. |
What are the steps? |
It's easy to use an existing template. Just go to Reports > Templates and: 1) edit the template you'd like to use - Patch Report, Scorecard Report, High Severity Report, Executive Report, etc. 2) we recommend you save a copy (click Save As), and 3) configure the report template settings. |
Looking for more report templates to choose from? You can check out our templates library where we publish templates commonly requested by our customers. Just go to Reports > Template > Import from Library and download as many as you'd like. You can configure these templates to suit your reporting goals. |
Do you want to create a new custom report template? Go to Reports > Templates > New and configure the report template settings. |
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We recommend Host Based Findings since it encompasses the latest vulnerability data from all of your scans. Each time you create a report, we'll automatically collect vulnerability data that we've indexed per host in your account - we refer to this as host based findings. This option gives you the most comprehensive and up to date picture of your vulnerability status. Note: When you generate a Host-based scan report for Asset Groups with "ALL" option, the report shows only those assets that are added to VM. If you want to view the assets that are not in VM, add the asset tags associated with the assets to the Asset Tags filter using the Add Tag option when you generate the report. For example, in the report, to view agent-tracked assets that are not in VM, add the agent tag for these assets to the Asset Tags filter using the Add Tag option. You can create reports with trending information when you've selected Host Based Findings. If you use the default we'll include vulnerability information for the last 2 detections. In other words we'll analyze the last two detections for each vulnerability on each host and compare the current vulnerability status (New, Fixed, Re-Opened, Active) to the last known vulnerability status. Do you want to analyze trends for a timeframe instead? Just choose the date range you're interested in - starting on a specific date - and we'll analyze the vulnerability status for your timeframe. In case the Last detected date or the Last fixed date of the vulnerability occurs during the specified timeframe, the vulnerability data is included in the Trending scan template based report. Currently, the Last fixed date field can be viewed only in the CSV output of the report. Only include scan results from the specified timeframe Select this option to ensure that only vulnerability information gathered in the timeframe that you've specified is included in the report. If you do not select this option, vulnerability information for hosts that were last scanned prior to the report timeframe may be included. For example, let's say you want to create a report analyzing data for the past 4 weeks. Host A was scanned 5 weeks ago, and has not been scanned since then because it was firewalled and unreachable. By selecting this option you'll exclude Host A from the report and only analyze vulnerability information detected in the past 4 weeks. By clearing this option you'll include Host A in your report with the last known vulnerability information from 5 weeks ago. |
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Select Scan Based Findings to run a report based on saved scan results. This gives you a view of your risk at a particular moment in time (at the time of the scan). Each time you create a report with this setting, you must manually select saved scan results to include in the report. Vulnerability data and hosts included in your report are specific to the scans that you choose at run time. |
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On the Display tab, select how much information to include in the report, in both the summary and detailed results sections. You can choose to include report graphics, add custom text to the report footer, determine how the detailed results should be sorted and how much detail to include for each vulnerability. The text summary includes the total number of vulnerabilities detected, the overall security risk, and the business risk (for reports sorted by asset group). The following tables also appear: total vulnerabilities by status, total vulnerabilities by severity, and top 5 vulnerability categories detected. Note that this option is not available in reports set to Manual scan results selection. > Tell me about the vulnerability details Threat. A description of the threat. Impact. Possible consequences that may occur if the vulnerability is exploited. Solution: Patches and Workarounds. A verified solution to remedy the issue, such as a link to the vendor's patch, Web site, or a workaround. Solution: Virtual Patches and Mitigating Controls. Virtual patch information that is correlated with the vulnerability, when this information is available in the KnowledgeBase. The service correlates virtual patch information obtained from Trend Micro real-time feeds. Exploitability. Exploitability information that is correlated with this vulnerability, when this information is available in the KnowledgeBase. The service constantly correlates exploitability information from real-time feeds to provide up to date references to exploits and related security resources. Associated Malware. Malware information that is correlated with this vulnerability, when this information is available in the KnowledgeBase. The service constantly correlates malware information obtained from Trend Micro Threat Encyclopedia real-time feeds to provide up to date references to malware threats and related security resources. Results. Specific scan test results for each host. Also included: the date the vulnerability was first detected on the host, the date it was last detected on the host, and the total number of times it was detected on the host. Reopened. The date/time a vulnerability was first reopened, last reopened, and the number of times it was reopened. A vulnerability is reopened when it was verified as fixed by the previous scan and is detected by a new scan. > Tell me about the custom footer This is a spot where you can add required information like a disclosure statement or data classification (e.g. Public, Confidential). The text you enter will appear in all reports generated from this template, except reports in XML and CSV formats. > Display information for cloud instances Select the "Cloud Related Information" check box (under Display Host Details) to include metadata information at the host level for each of your cloud instance. You must also select Host Based Findings and Sort by Host in the template. Azure metadata information: public IP address, image offer, image version, subnet, VM state, private IP address, size, subscription ID, location, and resource group name EC2 metadata information: public and private DNS name, image ID, VPC ID, instance state, instance type, account ID, region code and subnet ID
Don't see this option? The EC2 Scanning feature must be enabled for your subscription. Please contact your Technical Account Manager or Support if you would like to have this feature turned on.
Select the "Qualys System IDs" check box (under Display Host Details) to include host identifiers such as host ID, asset ID in the host-based scan report template. Once you launch or download the host-based scan report, the host ID, asset ID information is displayed in the report. |
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On the Filter tab, choose from various options to filter the hosts and/or the vulnerabilities included in your report. See Reporting - The Basics to learn more or turn on help tips. |
Configuring "required" and "unauthorized" services and ports It's possible to flag specific services and ports as either "required" or "unauthorized". When these are marked as "required" or "unauthorized" and they are not detected, they will appear as vulnerabilities in the report by these QIDs: - 38175 (Unauthorized Service Detected) Tip - Want your report to include certain QIDs? Select Custom for Selective Vulnerability Scanning in the Filters section of your report template and be sure to add these QIDs (in search lists). |
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this a globally available template Managers and Unit Managers can select this option to make the template globally available to all users. Once published as a global template, users have the option to save personal copies of the template and can use them as the basis for creating new, custom templates. Permissions: When is option is selected by a Unit Manager, the template is available to users in their own business unit. |
I configured my report template. What's next? |
Launch a report using your template We'll create a new report using the report template you've configured. Go to Reports > Templates, select your template in the list, and then select Run from the menu. You can also go to Reports > Reports > New. Learn more |
Schedule a report using your template Schedule your report to run automatically - daily, weekly, monthly - and you'll get the most up to date vulnerability data with the most accurate trends. Learn more |
Still have questions?
The user who created the report template is the owner by default. Managers and Unit Managers have the option to change the owner by editing the template.
> Owner of Gobal Report Template
Global report templates may be owned by Managers and Unit Managers.
User Taking Action |
Current Owner |
Possible New Owner |
Manager |
Manager in the Unassigned business unit |
Manager in the Unassigned business unit |
Manager |
Unit Manager in a custom business unit |
Manager in the Unassigned
business unit |
Unit Manager |
Unit Manager in a custom business unit |
Unit Manager in the same business unit as the current owner |
> Owner of Non-Global Report Template
Non-global report templates may be owned by Managers, Unit Managers, Scanners and Readers.
User Taking Action |
Current Owner |
Possible New Owner |
Manager |
Manager, Scanner or Reader in the Unassigned business unit |
Manager, Scanner or Reader in the Unassigned business unit |
Manager |
Unit Manager, Scanner or Reader in a custom business unit |
Manager in the Unassigned
business unit |
Unit Manager |
Unit Manager, Scanner or Reader in a custom business unit |
Unit Manager, Scanner or Reader in the same business unit as the current owner |
Using the Scan by Hostname feature
If you are using the Scan by Hostname feature and you want to report on hosts scanned by hostname, note the following requirements. You can include IP addresses that are resolved from the scanned DNS and NetBIOS hostnames. Learn more