What pre-requisites are required to run the scan? What ports / firewall configurations are required?

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• Can the scan be run during work hours on a production SBC?

  Yes, you can safely run the scan during peak or off-peak hours. The scan only requires read access to the configuration and logs and is not intensive on SBC compute, memory or network. It is preferable to run it during off-peak hours.

• I do not have direct or VPN access to my customer’s SBC. How can I initiate a scan?

  Access to the SBC (EMS) is required to run the scan. The access can be direct network access (the scanner is in the same WAN network as the SBC), via VPN or via SAL. 

• The scan has found no failures. Am I safe?

  Not really. The scan attempts to find as many security vulnerabilities in your SBC as possible, but it does not claim to find 100% of issues. Also do note that attacks can happen at any time, even immediately after the scan completes. Security is a ...

• Do we need to sign any contract (NDA / MSA) to use your scan?

  No, you do not need to sign any contract with us to use the scan. Go ahead and scan now!

• I do not have connectivity to the SBC from my laptop. How do I scan?

  You need to download and run the scanner utility on a machine from where you can access to the management interface of the SBC.