Menu Commands

The menu commands that are available are dependent upon your particular product license.

The Security Controls menus enable you to do the following:

Takes you to the home page.

  • Agentless operation: Perform a new agentless operation
  • Machine Group: Create a new machine group
  • Agent Policy: Create a new agent policy
  • Favorite: Create a new favorite
  • Windows Patch:
    • Patch Group: Create a new Windows patch group
    • Patch Scan Template: Create a new Windows patch scan template
    • Deployment Template: Create a new Windows deployment template
    • Product Level Group: Create a new Windows product level group
  • Linux Patch:
    • Patch Deployment Configuration: Create a new Linux patch deployment configuration for use within an agent policy
  • Linux Patch (Content-Based):
    • Patch Group (Content-Based): Create a new Linux patch group
    • Patch Scan Configuration (Content-Based): Create a new Linux patch scan configuration for use within an agent policy
    • Patch Deployment Configuration (Content-Based): Create a new content-based Linux patch deployment configuration for use within an agent policy
  • Application Control Configuration: Create a new application control configuration for use within an agent policy
  • Power State Template: Create a new power state template
  • Asset Scan Template: Create a new asset scan template
  • ITScripts Template: Create a new ITScripts template
  • Machine Group: Imports an existing group definition from an encrypted XML file
  • Windows Patch Group: Imports an existing patch group definition from a text file
  • CVEs: Import a list of CVEs
  • Add vCenter Server/ESXi Hypervisor: Add a vCenter Server or an ESXi Hypervisor to your virtual inventory
  • Application Control Configuration: Imports an existing Application Control Configuration file
  • Charts: Displays a number of charts that show the security status of your network at the time of the most recent machine scans
  • Machines: Displays current information about every machine in your network that has been previously scanned
  • Windows Patches: Provides detailed information about patches for the various operating systems and applications scanned for by Security Controls
  • ITScript results: Displays information about the scripts that have been executed on your target machines
  • Event History: Displays log entries that are generated by background operational events
  • Application Control Events: Displays Application Control events that have occurred during a specified time range
  • Operations Monitor: Launches the Security Controls Operations Monitor, which tracks a number of different background tasks
  • Deployment Tracker: Launches Security Controls Deployment Tracker, which tracks deployment tasks that are currently in progress
  • Refresh: Refresh the information displayed in the right-hand pane
  • Address Book: Displays the address book used to store the names and email addresses of contacts you wish to send reports
  • Credentials: Launches the Credential Manager, which manages all credentials used within the program
  • Database Maintenance: Displays a list of all prior scans and patch deployments and enables you to perform maintenance tasks on the database. Schedule Application Control daily maintenance
  • ITScripts: Launches the Script Catalog Manager, which enables you to specify which scripts are approved for use within your organization
  • Users: Used to assign specific roles to specific administrators
  • Custom Patches: Used to create and manage custom patches, products, and bulletins
  • Scheduled Console Tasks: Launches the Scheduled Console Tasks Manager, which is used to monitor the status of tasks that have been scheduled to run on the console
  • Search Machine Groups: Launches the Search Machine Groups dialog, which enables you to search for names in any of your existing machine groups.
  • Edit console description: Launches the Edit Console Description dialog, which is used to change the name the program uses when referring to the console
  • Console alias editor: Launches the Console Alias Editor dialog, which is used to assign trusted names and IP addresses to the console certificate
  • Create report: Launches the Report Gallery, which is used to generate a variety of reports on any of the scans and patch deployments that have been performed
  • Schedule report: Launches the Schedule Report dialog
  • Custom Patch Editor: Used to create and manage custom patches, products, and bulletins
  • Run console ITScripts: Enables you to select and run those scripts that run on the console machine but not against target machines
  • AC Configuration comparison: Launches the Configuration Comparison Tool, which enables you to view the differences between two configuration versions.
  • Auto-update definitions: Automatically downloads new data definition files immediately before performing a new scan. Enabling this check box will also enable the Auto-update definitions (before scans) check box on the Tools > Options > Downloads dialog.
  • Options: Launches the Options dialog, which enables you to configure a number of different program options
  • Enter/refresh license Key: Enables you to activate the program or to upgrade your program license
  • Check for program updates: Checks if a new version of the program is available
  • Refresh files: Downloads new versions of the data definition files and the command files used by the program
  • View how-to tutorials: Provides links to a website that contains tutorials that show you how to perform certain tasks
  • View help: Display the Help system
  • Submit a feature request: Links to a webpage that enables you to provide feedback on Ivanti products
  • Contact Technical Support: Opens the Security Controls Community page within your default web browser
  • About Security Controls: Displays program version information as well as information about your licensed capabilities