Scan Schedules
Scan Schedules
FortWatch uses configurable scan schedules to determine how often each asset is scanned for vulnerabilities. You can set a different schedule per asset based on its criticality.
Default Schedule
By default, every active asset is scanned daily at 3:30 AM. This ensures your assets are checked at least once per day during off-peak hours to minimize any impact on your services.
Available Frequencies
- Daily — Scan once every 24 hours. Recommended for production assets and critical infrastructure.
- Weekly — Scan once every 7 days. Suitable for staging environments or lower-priority assets.
- Monthly — Scan once every 30 days. Appropriate for development environments or static assets that rarely change.
How to Change a Schedule
- Navigate to the asset you want to configure.
- Open the asset settings or click the schedule configuration option.
- Select the desired frequency: Daily, Weekly, or Monthly.
- Save your changes.
How the Scheduler Works
A cron job runs every 5 minutes and checks all active assets to determine which ones are due for a scan based on their configured frequency and last scan time. When an asset is due, it is automatically added to the scan queue.
Manual Scans and Schedules
Running a manual scan does not reset an asset's schedule. If you manually scan an asset at 2:00 PM and its scheduled scan is at 3:30 AM the next day, the scheduled scan will still run as planned.
Recommendations
- Keep daily scans for any asset that faces the public internet or handles sensitive data.
- Use weekly for internal or staging assets where the risk profile is lower.
- Reserve monthly for assets that are largely static or not exposed to the internet.