Scheduled future scan

Scheduled future scans are advantageous when you need to schedule a scan for a specific date and time in advance. This allows you to plan security assessments to coincide with maintenance windows or other operational considerations, ensuring minimal disruption to regular activities.

This document describes how to schedule a future scan in Invicti Platform.

Steps to schedule a future scan

After configuring your targets, you are ready to begin scanning.

1. Select Scans > New Scan from the left-side menu.
2. In the Scan Target drop-down, use the checkboxes to select the targets you want to scan.

3. Choose a scan profile from the list of available default or custom profiles.
4. From the Report drop-down menu, choose your preferred report type.
5. Select Start now in the How would you like to scan? field.
6. To run a scheduled future scan, select Scheduled in the How would you like to scan? field.

7. In the Start fields, specify when you want the scan to begin.
8. Confirm the scan configuration and schedule the scan by pressing Schedule scan.

The scan will start automatically as per the set schedule. You can access the scan results by clicking on the relevant line on the list of scans on the All scans page. Refer to the Review scan results document for more information.

Alternative scan schedule options

If you don't want to run a future scan, the following alternative scan schedule options are available:

• Instant scan - provides a quick and efficient way to detect and address potential vulnerabilities in real-time
• Recurring scan - allows you to set up automated scanning routines to execute at predefined intervals on specified days
• Incremental scan - selectively scans only newly discovered or modified pages