Sign up for SanerNow CyberHygiene Platform Trial Account
You can sign up for a 30-day free trial of the SanerNow CyberHygiene platform that gives you full access to SanerNow tools. You can evaluate the SanerNow tools on up to 10 endpoints.
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Follow the below steps to create a 30-day free trial account for SanerNow CyberHygiene Platform.
Step 1: Visit https://sanernow.com.
Step 2: Provide your work email address, full name, company name, and a strong password.
Step 3: Click the Sign up button. A verification email is sent to the work email address you provided during sign-up.
Step 4: Complete the sign-up process by clicking the verification link to your work email address.
Step 5: After successful verification, your SanerNow Account is created. You can now sign in to the SanerNow CyberHygiene Platform using the work email address and the password specified during the sign-up process.
Set Up SanerNow Account
Once signed in to the SanerNow account, you will see a screen like the one mentioned below. Follow the below steps to setup the SanerNow Account.
Step 1: Once logged into the SanerNow Account, access the Provision Tools tab to select the SanerNow tools you want to evaluate. Hover your mouse pointer over the SanerNow tool you want to evaluate. Click the Active button to enable the tool for evaluation. Once you have selected all the required SanerNow tools for your evaluation, click the Next button.
Step 2: Provide the billing details on the Update Profile tab and specify the currency code. This information you provided on the Update Profile tab will be used during invoice generation during the purchase of SanerNow subscription. Click the Save button to save the profile details.
Step 3: Once you see the confirmation message stating that the account is set up, click the Open Saner Platform button located on the top right of the page to proceed further with deploying SanerNow.
Onboard your Organization
After successfully creating a SanerNow Account, you must onboard your Organization and select the SanerNow tools you want to evaluate during the 30-day free trial period.
Follow the steps below to onboard your Organization.
Step 1: Provide a name for your Organization in the Organization Name input box.
Step 2: Under Allowed Subscriptions, specify the number of subscriptions you want during the trial period. Subscriptions allow you to install SanerNow Agent onto a device. You are allowed a maximum of 10 subscriptions during the free trial period.
Step 3: In the Tools Provision box, drag the slider to the right to enable a tool during the free trial period.
Step 4: Click the Onboard button.
Step 5: Click the Go to Dashboard button on the Onboard Saner Agents screen.
Deploy SanerNow Agents
You have successfully onboarded your Organization. However, you need to deploy SanerNow Agents on your devices to evaluate SanerNow tools. You can deploy the SanerNow Agent graphically or using a command line. At the same time, you can also opt to deploy SanerNow Agents using an offline deployer tool.
Follow the steps below to deploy SanerNow Agents on your devices graphically.
Step 1: Go to the Control Panel by clicking the gear 
icon on the top right side of the Unified Dashboard page.
Step 2: Select Agent Deployment from the Agents menu on the left side of the page.
Step 3: Depending on the operating system on your device, select the relevant SanerNow Agent installer package listed on the right side of the page.
Step 4: Click the Download button. The selected SanerNow Agent installer gets downloaded.
Alternatively, you can click the Share this download link button to generate a hyperlink that requires authentication. It can be opened using a web browser on the device where you want to deploy SanerNow Agents.
Click the link below to learn how to deploy SanerNow Agents using a command line.
https://saner.secpod.com/docs/Agent-Installation-Help-Guide.html?activeTab=Agent%20Installers
You can deploy SanerNow Agents using an Offline Deployer tool. The Offline Deployer tool is situated on the right side of the Deploy Agent page.
Click the link below to learn how to deploy SanerNow Agents using Offline Deployer tool.
Configure SanerNow Agents
By default, SanerNow Agents configuration settings are configured during installation. However, you can modify these settings as per your requirements. To modify the SanerNow Agent configuration settings, click the Agent Configuration under the Agents menu on the Control Panel page. Control Panel > Agents > Agent Configuration > Create Settings
Manage SanerNow Features
SanerNow offers multiple features that help you manage the devices in your Organization and prevent any cyberattacks on your IT infrastructure. These features are located in the Control Panel.
Click the gear icon on the top right of the Unified Dashboard page to access the Control Panel.
SanerNow Control Panel provides you with the below options.
- Organization Management.
- User Management.
- Deployment.
- Authentication.
- Settings.
Organization Management
SanerNow creates an Organization during the Organization onboarding process. By default, every Organization has an Account within it. You can create multiple Accounts within an Organization. However, you must be an Org Admin to create Organizations in SanerNow.
To create an Account within an Organization, select the Organization under which you want the Account to belong and click the New Account button on the right side of the page.
User Management
SanerNow supports role-based access control to define actions a user can perform using SanerNow tools. There exist three different roles. They are as follows:
- Organization Admin
- Account Admin
- Normal User.
Apart from the three roles mentioned above, an admin user during the onboarding of an Organization.
On the Control Panel page, click the Users button to access the user management page. On this page, you can create new users and assign various permissions to the newly created user. At the same time, you can enable Single Sign On and Multi-Factor Authentication login for users while logging into the SanerNow web console.
Deployment
Device Scanning
SanerNow provides you with tools to discover devices within your network and deploy Agents onto them. You can scan for devices in your network by providing an IP address or specifying a range of IP addresses to look for devices. You can install SanerNow Agents on the discovered devices.
The Device Scanning feature under the Deployment menu allows you to discover devices within your network. You must provide an IP address for the device or specify an entire IP range to search for devices. You can also choose to run the discovery scan daily, weekly, or monthly.
Active Directory Sync
The Active Directory Sync, under the Discovery menu, allows you to connect your Active Directory and import devices from multiple Organizational Units(OUs) and Groups. You can automatically deploy SanerNow Agents onto the imported devices, avoiding the manual effort and time needed to install SanerNow Agents on each device.
Manual Import
The Manual Import feature under the Discovery menu lets you import information about devices and their assigned tags from CMDB into SanerNow. You can provide device information in a CSV or JSON format.
Agent Deployment
The Agent Deployment feature under the Agents menu lets you deploy SanerNow Agents on devices graphically and using a command line. You can also deploy SanerNow Agents using the Offline Deployer tool onto devices present in your network.
Agent Configuration
The Agent Configuration feature under the Agents menu lets you configure SanerNow Agent settings.
Network Scanner
The Network Scanner feature under the Deployment menu can help you find vulnerabilities and misconfigurations across all IP-enabled devices in your network by leveraging the endpoints within the network. You can automate daily scans and also perform authenticated network scans using the SanerNow Network Scanner.
Click here to learn more about SanerNow Network Scanner.
Posture Anomaly Scanner
The Posture Anomaly Scanner located under the Deployment menu ,is part of the SanerNow Continuous Posture Anomaly (CPAM) tool that helps you identify misconfigured devices with unique security postures that are configured completely differently when compared to other devices. When launched, the Posture Anomaly Scanner scans devices in your Account and reveals all the persisting posture anomalies in your IT environment. You can also choose to run the Posture Anomaly scan daily, weekly, or monthly.
Click here to learn more about SanerNow CPAM tool.
Risk Prioritization Scanner
The Risk Prioritization Scanner, located under the Deployment menu, is part of the SanerNow Risk Prioritization (RP) tool. It helps you identify and prioritize the most severe vulnerabilities that need immediate remediation amongst the myriad of vulnerabilities in your IT infrastructure. When launched, the Risk Prioritization tool identifies the critical vulnerabilities that should be patched on a priority using the Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Framework (SSVC) and performs a deeper exploitation analysis of the risks by leveraging SecPod’s proprietary machine-learning algorithm.
Click here to learn more about SanerNow Risk Prioritization tool.
Authentication
You can add additional layer of security to your SanerNow accounts by enabling Single Sign-On and Multi-Factor Authentication.
Single Sign-On
The Single Sign-On feature, located under the Authentication menu allows you to enable Single Sign-On for your SanerNow account during login. Below is the list of SSO vendors SanerNow supports.
- PingID
- PingFederate
- AWS
- Azure AD
- Auth0
- Okta
Multi-Factor
The Multi-Factor feature, located under the Authentication menu, allows you to protect your SanerNow accounts from unauthorized access by enabling Multi-factor authentication. By default, you can configure any authenticator app that supports the OAuth 2.0 authentication protocol with the SanerNow account.
Additionally, you can use MFA providers such as PingOne, PingID, and Okta to secure SanerNow accounts.
Settings
The Mail feature under the Settings menu allows you to configure mail settings to receive alerts from SanerNow. You can configure SanerNow to send alerts about vulnerabilities, non-compliance, threats and malware, critical patches and updates, and remediation job status. You can configure the mail setting to authenticate using a username and password or to use OAuth authentication.
Co-Branding
The Co-Branding feature under the Settings menu allows you to upload a jpeg/png file of less than 200KB in SanerNow. This uploaded image will be visible on the SanerNow web console and SanerNow reports.
