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Managing application risk
Follow this workflow to manage application security risks in your organization.
Step 2: Testing applications for vulnerabilities
Learn how to test vulnerabilities identified in an application.
Scenarios for creating scans
These scenarios are targeted at developers and the security team. Choose the user role that most closely matches your situation.
Developers
The developer team creates scan templates using different methods and user interfaces in AppScan.
Creating a scan from a template
Depending on the method your security team uses to create a scan template, you might use the AppScan Dynamic Analysis Client or the AppScan Enterprise user interface to create your scans. These topics describe each task you might need.
Creating a scan based on a template using AppScan Standard scan properties
Create scans that use templates that are based on scan configuration options from AppScan Standard. An easy-to-use wizard (AppScan Dynamic Analysis Client) takes you through the scan configuration options, including action-based login and manual explore features.

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Managing application risk
Follow this workflow to manage application security risks in your organization.
- Step 1: Creating an application inventory
  Learn how to create an application inventory.
- Step 2: Testing applications for vulnerabilities
  Learn how to test vulnerabilities identified in an application.
  - Importing issues from internal or third-party scanners
    Learn how to import issues from internal and 3rd-party scanners.
  - Scenarios for creating scans
    These scenarios are targeted at developers and the security team. Choose the user role that most closely matches your situation.
    - Developers
      The developer team creates scan templates using different methods and user interfaces in AppScan.
      - Creating a scan from a template
        Depending on the method your security team uses to create a scan template, you might use the AppScan Dynamic Analysis Client or the AppScan Enterprise user interface to create your scans. These topics describe each task you might need.
        Types of scan templates
        These are the available scan templates in AppScan Enterprise. The security team might also create templates that are specific to your organization.
        Creating a scan based on a template using AppScan Standard scan properties
        Create scans that use templates that are based on scan configuration options from AppScan Standard. An easy-to-use wizard (AppScan Dynamic Analysis Client) takes you through the scan configuration options, including action-based login and manual explore features.
        Creating a scan based on a template using AppScan Enterprise scan properties
        A QuickScan crawls your site to discover its content using parameters set in a scan template created by an Administrator. After it is collected by the scan, the data is stored in a database for analysis by the reporting engine and made available to you through report packs, which are collections of reports. Most of your data analysis tasks will focus on the data provided in these reports.
        Creating a scan using the GraphQL template
        GraphQL template can be used to scan the APIs that contain GraphQL queries. Being the initial version of the template, the capabilities are limited to only the APIs with GraphQL queries and not the web applications.
      - Editing a scan
        You can edit a basic scan to modify configuration options. If you need help editing your scan or you need more settings added to it, ask your security team to help you. They can edit your scan from an advanced view in the AppScan Dynamic Analysis Client.
      - Creating an import scan
        An import QuickScan uploads AppScan® files using parameters set in a scan template created by a Product Administrator. After the file is uploaded, its data is stored in a database for analysis by the reporting engine and made available to you through report packs, which are collections of reports.
    - Security Team
      Using scan configuration authored in AppScan standard, the security team creates templates.
    - Converting scan configurations from AppScan® Standard in the AppScan® Dynamic Analysis Client
      If you have an existing content scan that is based on a scan template (*.scant) from AppScan® Standard, you can convert the scan configuration so that you can edit it directly in the AppScan Dynamic Analysis Client. However, after you convert the scan configuration, you cannot open it again in AppScan Standard.
  - Running and scheduling jobs
    Learn how to run and schedule a job in AppScan Enterprise.
  - Copying a scan between two Enterprise Consoles
    Export scan properties and creating a new scan based on those properties. This is the method you use to copy a scan between two Enterprise Console instances.
  - Stopping a job and then resuming it
    There are three methods you can use to stop a job while it is running. Each method is used for a different reason, which largely depends on whether you want to keep the data or you want to continue running the job from the point where it left off. You can resume a suspended job to continue the scan from where it stopped. A resumed job is handled by the next free agent on any available agent server.
- Step 3: Determining risks and prioritizing vulnerabilities
  Learn how to determine risks and prioritize vulnerabilities identified in an application.
- Step 4: Remediating risks
  Learn how to remediate risks identified in an application.
- Step 5: Measuring progress and demonstrating compliance
  Learn how to measure progress and demonstrate compliance.
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Glossary

Creating a scan based on a template using AppScan Standard scan properties

Create scans that use templates that are based on scan configuration options from AppScan Standard. An easy-to-use wizard (AppScan Dynamic Analysis Client) takes you through the scan configuration options, including action-based login and manual explore features.

About this task

This task is usually completed by a developer with limited user permissions.
Standard Users have full user permissions to edit the Basic and Additional options in the AppScan Dynamic Analysis Client.

Procedure

In an Application tab in the Monitor view, click Create Scan.
In the Create Scan page, pick a folder and a template.
Note:
1. If you select an import template, start at Step 2 of this topic, Creating an import scan.
2. If your organization has upgraded from an earlier version of AppScan Enterprise, existing templates are left untouched. If there are naming conflicts, the new template names are appended with the version number.
Click Create.
Download and install the AppScan Dynamic Analysis Client if it is not installed on your computer. You only need to download it once, no matter how many scans you create.
In the AppScan Dynamic Analysis Client, complete the screens of the Client. On the Job Properties page, make sure that you select a Folder and Test Policy, or the job is not created.
You can associate an application with the scan in the Client, or in AppScan Enterprise. If the scan is running when you return to AppScan Enterprise, wait until it is finished and then associate it with an application.
Click Create Job to return to AppScan Enterprise.
In AppScan Enterprise, click Done.