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Question
In this virtual lab, you:
- Create an Auto-discovery process to search specific IP addresses or subnets for open ports.
- Run the Auto-discovery process on demand or on a scheduled basis.
- View the results of the process with the Discovered Databases report.
There are many scenarios where databases can exist undetected on your network and expose your network to potential risk. Old databases might be forgotten and unmonitored, or a new database might be added as part of an application package. A rogue DBA might also create a new instance of a database to conduct malicious activity outside of the monitored databases./p>
Auto-discovery uses scan and probe jobs to ensure that no database goes undetected in your environment:
- A scan job scans each specified host (or hosts in a specified subnet), and compiles a list of open ports that are specified for that host.
- A probe job uses the results of the scan to determine whether there are database services that are running on the open ports. A probe job cannot be completed without first running a scan. View the results of this job in the Databases Discovered predefined report.
Author: Franklin Almonte
Duration: 30 Minutes
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