User's Guide

• Remotely scan for and discover wireless network vulnerabilities
• Generate alarms to bring attention to vulnerabilities.
The assessment is accomplished by using deployed sensors as a wireless client to connect to an AP and
scan network resources. Vulnerability Assessment can be run automatically or manually, providing
proactive notification that network resources may be compromised.
Note
Vulnerability Assessment is only supported on the legacy sensors M510 and M520 with
firmware version 5.3 or later installed. Vulnerability Assessment is also supported on the
AP650 and AP7131 sensors with WiNG 5.1 or later installed.
On-Demand Vulnerability Assessment
You can conduct an Vulnerability Assessment anytime you need by using an on-demand assessment. To
initiate an on-demand assessment, click on the drop-down menu button for a BSS or network level,
and select Wireless Vulnerability Assessment.
Note
When the scope is network level, all APs in the scope are assessed.
Vulnerability Assessment Legacy Content
1386 Extreme AirDefense User Guide for version 10.5.