Find Information in WAS

WAS gives you a number of ways to find vulnerability information related to your environment. There are context-sensitive search, filter, and show options that return results based on the page visited.

Search

Select the search icon to display the search bar. Search results depend on the current page. For example, if you search from Active View > Vulnerabilities, the results include vulnerability data.

When using the search bar:

  • Search is not case-sensitive.
  • Enclose search terms that contain spaces in double quotation marks. For example, "Windows 10".

Filter

Select the filter button to filter information the following ways:

Quick filter by label: You can filter by system-generated and user-generated labels.

NOTE: You can only filter with labels while working with assets or vulnerabilities. See related:Work with Labels

New filter: You can create a new filter by selecting the Column list, and then selecting the desired criteria. After making your selections, select the Save icon and then select Add.

Show

Select the show button to display some of the following types of information depending on the page visited:

  • Show hidden

  • Show acceptable risk

  • Show fixed