DeepSurface: User Managed Scan Deployment

Documentation
Installation Guide
Overview
Let DeepSurface Host For You
Getting Started
System Requirements
Self Hosted Quick Start - Installing to Cloud Platforms
Self Hosted - Installation Using an OVA
Registration, Package Installation, and Initialization
First Steps After Initialization of the Console
Deployment Options
Main and Subordinate Consoles
Agent-Based Deployment
User Managed Scan Deployment
Credentialed Scanning Deployment
Mixed Environment
Deployment Tools
Active Directory Group Policy
Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (part of InTune)
Tanium Deploy
HCL BigFix
Ivanti
Virtual Machines
VMWare
Virtual Box
VirtualBox Guest Additions
AWS EC2 (BYOL)
AWS EC2 (Usage Based)
Azure Cloud
Google Cloud
Additional Items to Consider
Main Console Server Certificates
LDAP
TOFU
Clock Sync
DeepSurface Commands
Multiple Vulnerability Sources
API Documentation
User Guide
Reporting
Dashboards
Exports
Risk Insight
Hosts
Patches
Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Instances
Users
Remediation Workflow Manager
Plans
Settings
Integrations
Workflow
Exporting
Accepted Risk Plans
Accepted Risk Workflow
Explore
Model
Paths
Activity
Tasks
Configuration Alerts
Scan Logs
Notification Settings
Scanning
Status
Agents
User Managed
Credentialed Scanning Settings
Credentials
Scan Groups
General Settings
Cloud Scanning
Network Connectivity
Subordinates
Vulnerability Sources
Setup
Sensitive Assets: Polices
Sensitive Assets: Manual
Admin Settings
SMTP Settings
Certificates
Outbound Proxy
Authentication Providers
Users
Tags
Integrations Guide
Vulnerability Sources
CrowdStrike Spotlight
SentinelOne
Carbon Black Cloud
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Wazuh
Lansweeper Cloud
Nessus API
Tenable.io API
Security Center/Tenable.sc API
Rapid7 InsightVM API
Qualys API
Nozomi Guardian
Eclypsium
AWS Inspector
Remediation
Jira Software
Tanium (BETA)
Authentication Providers
LDAP (Active Directory)
SAML (Azure Active Directory)
SAML (Google)
SAML (Okta)
PAM
CyberArk
Delinea (Thycotic)
Microsoft LAPS
Security Guide
Firewall Configuration
Base Network Requirements
Agent Network Requirements
Credentialed Scanning Network Requirements
API Network Requirements
How DeepSurface Scans Work
Domain (LDAP) Scanning
Host Scanning Routine
Reasons for the Administrative Access Requirement
Endpoint Protection Considerations
Other Items
Scope of Data Storage and Retention
IPS/IDS Considerations
Logging
Resetting the DSADMIN password
Product Information
Changelogs
Open source Licenses
End User License Agreement (EULA)

The DeepSurface user managed scan replaces the need for installed agents or authenticated scans of hosts in your environment. This method uses existing IT management tools, such as Tanium Deploy, MECM (Microsoft Intune), BigFix, Ivanti, and even Windows Group Policy. The DeepSurface scan script is configured within those platforms to run on selected hosts using the script downloaded from your DeepSurface Console. To configure a User Managed Deployment, start by entering the DeepSurface console's FQDN in the initial setting screen, Then configure the agent settings, and copy the deployment string and download the script appropriate to the host operating system, similar to Agent-Based Deployment. User Managed scans can be executed on Windows and Linux hosts only.

The User Managed script itself does the following on each device:

  1. Validates credentials that you provide as command-line arguments (certificate thumbprint and a registration code) when it connects back to the DeepSurface RiskAnalyzer host on port 44305/TCP (same port the agent uses).

  2. Downloads an executable binary to a local cache directory. If the system already has an up-to-date executable in the cache, it doesn't bother downloading it again.

  3. Runs the executable to register the device (if needed) and immediately runs a data collection "scan".

  4. Sends the collected scan data back to the DeepSurface console.

The DeepSurface Main Console and Subordinate Scanners communicate with the user managed scanned hosts in the same way an Agent-Based Deployment does on the standard secure network protocols.

It is possible to run the downloaded script manually as well, however doing so is labor intensive and is not recommended.