Active Directory (AD)

The Active Directory Scan allows Sectona to collect information from the catalog of assets in Active Directory. This reduces the administrator's effort to keep the asset list in sync with AD. You can discover Windows computers by searching Active Directory instances. Discovered computers have a resource created for them in the Asset Profiler. This method uses the LDAP discovery technique from specified Organization Units (OUs) of the active directory. The following requirements must be met while discovering windows assets from the active directory:

Requirement	Description
Connectivity / Ports (Sectona → Active Directory)	389
Credential	This discovery method also requires Active Directory Domain credentials. Refer to this guide for configuring credentials for this activity. Recommended permission for Active Directory Credential with Read Permissions on Specific OUs.

Adding an Active directory scan job

To create an active directory scan job, go to Manage → Asset Discovery → +New Asset Discovery Job → Active Directory and fill in the following details:

Attributes	Description
Job Details
Job title	Enter a unique title for your scan job
Directory Server	Select the directory from the drop-down menu
Group Name	Provides the list of groups on Active Directory when you click on Browse
Schedule type	Select a schedule type whether you would like to initiate this job once or a recurring job. If you select a recurring job, you can choose the days on which this job must be executed. For example, you want to schedule a job every second day at 5.00 p.m. from 1st January 2018 to scan your network. Include the following details: Recur every: 2 days Task Start: 01 Jan 2018 Schedule Start Time: 4:30 pm to 5:15 pm
Task Start	Select the date when the task begins
Schedule Time	You can either choose "Any" or schedule a proper time to start the task and when to end the task
Action
Onboard assets	To start a scan manually with an option to add assets to specify profiles, click the Onboard asset as 'No.' If you wish to include assets automatically to existing groups and attributes, select option 'Yes'
Description (optional)	Added text will be included in every asset description field
Location (optional)	Added location field will be included in every asset location. You can configure the system management location here
Criticality level (optional)	Added critical field will be included in every asset. This is important while structuring reports and notifications. Refer to section Criticality level for more information about adding criticality level.
Tags (optional)	You can associate an asset with your desired single or multiple tags like Infosec, Banking Core Server, ATM Switches, etc. Refer to section Tags for more information about adding context with tags.
Checkout policy	The option is selected as default, as one can choose its policy by unchecking the default option and selecting the policy from the drop-down list available.
Rotation policy	The option is selected as default as one can choose its policy by unchecking the default option and selecting the policy from the drop-down list available
Reconciliation policy	The option is selected as default as one can choose its policy by unchecking the default option and selecting the policy from the drop-down list available.
Config value 1	The configuration value can be assigned here.
Config value 2	The configuration value can be assigned here.
Config value 3	The configuration value can be assigned here.
Config value 4	The configuration value can be assigned here.
Exclude from Account Discovery	When ticked, the accounts of this asset will be excluded from the Discovery job.
Owner (optional)	If you have listed owner information of all the assets, please include it here.

Tick the Active checkbox and click the Save button to add the Active Directory discovery job to the system.

Click the Save + Run Now button to immediately start the active directory discovery.