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Administration
Define users, applications, policies, and configure DevOps integrations.
Policies
You can apply the predefined policies, as well as your own custom policies, to show only data for the issues that are relevant for you.
Enabling and disabling policies

Getting started
Welcome to the documentation for HCL AppScan on Cloud, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use this service.
Navigation
This section describes the items on the main AppScan on Cloud menu bar, with links to more detailed information.
Administration
Define users, applications, policies, and configure DevOps integrations.
- Users
  User management allows you to control access to sensitive applications by assigning them to asset groups and then adding specific users to those groups.
- Applications
  An application is a collection of scans related to the same project. It can be a web site, a desktop app, a mobile app, a web service, or any component of an app. Applications enable you to asses risk, identify trends, and make sure that your project is compliant with industry and organization policies.
- Policies
  You can apply the predefined policies, as well as your own custom policies, to show only data for the issues that are relevant for you.
  - Custom policies
    If you have the required permissions, you can create and delete your own custom policies.
  - Associating a policy with an application
  - Enabling and disabling policies
  - Application compliance status
- DevOps
  Tools for incorporating ASoC in your software development lifecycle.
- Personal scans
  A personal scan is a way of evaluating the relative security of an application in development without affecting overall application scan data (issues, for example), or compliance.
- Scan status
- Audit trail
  The audit trail (Organization > Audit trail) logs user activity.
Dynamic analysis
AppScan on Cloud performs security scans for web-applications for production, staging and development environments. For development environments it is aided by Private Site Scanning technology to scan applications not accessible to the open Internet.
Interactive monitoring
Using an agent installed on your application, ASoC identifies security vulnerabilities in your application during runtime by monitoring all interactions, both legitimate and malicious. The process is "passive," in the sense that IAST does not send its own tests, and can therefore run indefinitely.
Software Composition Analysis
Use Software Composition Analysis (SCA) to scan for security vulnerabilities in open source and third-party packages used by your code. SCA includes Intelligent Finding Analytics (IFA) and Intelligent Code Analytics (ICA).
Static analysis
Use static analysis (SAST) to scan for security vulnerabilities in web and desktop applications. Static analysis includes Intelligent Finding Analytics (IFA) and Intelligent Code Analytics (ICA).
Results
The Scans and Sessions page lists the scans under the categories DAST, SAST, SCA, and IAST, where you can view your scan results, including scan statistics. To view, rescan, or download reports, select a scan.
Troubleshooting
If you experience problems with this service, you can perform these troubleshooting tasks to determine the corrective action to take.
FAQ & Reference
Frequently asked questions, information about integrating ASoC into the product lifecycle (SDLC), and ASoC API documentation.

Enabling and disabling policies

Policies associated with an application are enabled by default. If you have the required permissions, you can choose to disable them while leaving them associated with the application, for future use, and re-enable them when needed.

Enabling/disabling policies

To disable a policy with an application:

On the Application page, click Manage policies.
Policies associated with the application are listed, and for each there is an indicator showing whether the applications is compliant, and a slider to enable/disable the policy for the application.
To change status for a particular policy, click on the slider.
Note: The Compliance icon at the top of the application tab indicates the overall compliance of the application for enabled policies only. Disabled policies are ignored.