Installation guide

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Abbreviations
The following abbreviations are used throughout this documentation:
LCE
Log Correlation Engine
PVS
Passive Vulnerability Scanner
SC
SecurityCenter
SSH
Secure Shell
IDS
Intrusion Detection System
SecurityCenter Administrator Functions
SecurityCenter administrators have the following responsibilities:
 Manage the configuration of each SecurityCenter organization and which networks they are allowed to scan
 Manage scan policies, custom audit files, and credentials for all organizations
 Manage the network of active Nessus scanners, the network “zones” they belong to and the networks they are
allowed to scan
 Manage the network of Passive Vulnerability Scanners and what organizations have access to their detected real-
time vulnerabilities
 Manage which Log Correlation Engines each organization has access to and what repositories the LCE will
correlate against
 Manage Log Correlation Engine Client configurations
 Delete accept and recast risk rules created by organizational users
 Manage what external data feeds (IDS information, PVS plugins, and Nessus plugins) SecurityCenter is
subscribed to
 Manage the SecurityCenter services
 Add and manage other SecurityCenter administration users
 Add and manage custom roles that are available to all organizations
 Review SecurityCenter log files and job queues
Starting/Halting SecurityCenter
When SecurityCenter is installed and licensed, the required services are started by default. To display the status of
SecurityCenter services, enter the following command as the root user on the SecurityCenter server:
# service SecurityCenter status
If SecurityCenter services are running, the following message will be displayed:
SecurityCenter (Jobd.php httpd) is running...
Otherwise, the message will state “SecurityCenter is stopped”.
To start SecurityCenter, enter the following command: