HP Insight Vulnerability and Patch Manager Software - Manual (Page 35)

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5. Perform an automatic discovery to locate and identify target systems in the network that can be
used with Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack. For information about performing a
discovery and other basic HP SIM tasks, see the HP Systems Insight Manager Installation and
Configuration Guide.
Establishing security
HP recommends the following actions to ensure security on the VPM and HP SIM servers:
• Restrict the number of local users
• Restrict or remove remote users
• Enable high security measures, such as audit logging and enhanced password restrictions
• Remove remote shares when possible
Modifying the Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack
settings
1. Select Options>Vulnerability and Patch Management>Settings.
2. Select the source where patch and vulnerability updates will be obtained.
○ If the VPM server has direct Internet access, select Acquire updates from Internet to use the
VPM server to obtain updates. If you use a proxy server, select the appropriate checkbox,
and enter your configuration information. If the proxy requires authentication, select the
appropriate checkbox, and enter your user credentials. Only basic (not encrypted)
authentication is supported.