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Domain Scan Results

Scan a domain from the outside, the way an attacker would see it, and get a clear list of website, email and DNS issues to fix.

Run the free domain scan Open Domain Scan Results in your console

Where to find it
Domains & web › Domain Scan
Who can use it
Anyone who can see the page
For
Everyone
Plan
Domain Attack-Surface Scanner (included in every plan). See pricing
Feature
Free domain scan (Scout)

What the page is for

Domain Scan Results is a page in the Lavawall® console, in the Domains & web area. Lavawall is the RMM, security, and compliance platform from ThreeShield, built and hosted in Canada. About this feature.

The Domain Scan Results page runs a non-intrusive external scan of a domain and its subdomains and shows what it found. It checks open ports and services, website security headers, encryption and certificates, email and phishing protection (such as SPF and DMARC), the software components and content management system a site runs, performance, and domain and DNS settings, and whether a web application firewall is in front of the site.

Results are summarized in plain language with the business risks they create, counted by area (Email, Web, Domain, Admin, Encryption, Ports and WAF) and compared with the median of other scanned domains. Scanned domains are kept as monitored domains for the selected company, so you can come back to them, download reports and have results emailed after each scan.

What you see

The Domain Scan Results page, with the scan a domain, your monitored domains, scan overview, findings and comparison chart, and technical details numbered 1 to 5.
The Domain Scan Results page. Numbers match the list below.
  1. Scan a domain: the domain box, Scan button and options.
  2. Your monitored domains: each domain with its issue count, last scan date and badges such as No DMARC, No SPF or No TLS.
  3. Scan Overview: progress, PDF Report, Word Report and Email Report, a plain-language summary, business risk context and issue counts per area.
  4. Findings and comparison chart: the list of issues to fix, a chart comparing this domain with the median (smaller is better), and short explainer videos.
  5. Technical Details: Open Ports & Services, Web Security & Headers, Subdomain Services, Encryption, Email & Phishing Protection, Components, Performance and Domain & DNS.

How to use Domain Scan Results

How to scan a domain

  1. Select the company the domain belongs to.
  2. Type the domain in Scan a domain (for example example.com). Web addresses are trimmed to the domain automatically.
  3. Leave Include admin services (SSH, RDP) on to also check for exposed administrative services.
  4. Turn on Scan exact hostname / subdomain to scan, for example, a staging site exactly as typed instead of the main domain.
  5. Click Scan and watch the progress bar. Sections fill in as results arrive.

How to review an existing domain

  1. Click the domain in Your monitored domains. Use Filter domains… when you have many.
  2. Read the summary and business risk context first, then the area counts.
  3. Open Technical Details for the evidence behind each issue.

How to share results

  1. Click PDF Report or Word Report to download a report.
  2. To send the current results once, click Email Report, enter any email address, and click Send now.
  3. To send reports automatically after each scan, open Scan schedule & alerts. Under Email reports for the domain, enter an address, choose Only when new issues found or Every scan, and click Add. Click Send now to all to email every recipient straight away.

Each organization keeps its own recipient list. If a domain is also monitored by another organization, you see and email only your own recipients.

How to set the scan schedule and new-issue alerts

Lavawall® rescans every monitored domain on a schedule, so new problems show up without anyone pressing Scan. The schedule and alerts apply to the whole organization, not to one domain.

  1. Select the organization, then open Scan schedule & alerts under the domain list.
  2. Choose how often to Rescan monitored domains: Daily, Weekly, Every two weeks, Monthly, or Off to scan only when you ask.
  3. Leave Notify me when a scan finds new issues on, and choose which issues count: Critical only, High or critical (the default), or Medium, high, or critical.
  4. Click Save.

When a scheduled scan finds an issue that was not there on the previous scan, a New domain scan issues notification appears in the bell with a link back to the results. To also get it as a browser notification or an email, open Notification settings and turn it on under Vulnerability scanning. The first scan after you turn alerts on sets the starting point, so you are never flooded with issues you already know about.

Only administrators can change the schedule and alerts. Prospect domains are rescanned monthly whatever you choose.

How to remove a domain

  1. Click the remove button next to the domain in Your monitored domains.
  2. Confirm Remove domain?. This only removes the company association; scan data is kept.

Tips

  • Issue badges are green for 5 or fewer, blue up to 20, amber up to 50 and red above 50.
  • In the comparison bar, red is your issues, green is the remainder and ▲ marks the median.
  • Only scan domains you are authorized to scan. Some well-known domains cannot be scanned.
  • Click Show prospects to include prospect domains, which are hidden by default for faster loading.

Troubleshooting

"Invalid Domain".
Check the spelling and enter a domain, not an email address.
"Scan is taking longer than expected."
Large sites take a while. Wait, or try again.
"No domains monitored yet."
Scan a domain above to get started.
"Your session token was out of date."
Reload the page and try again.
"Only administrators can change these settings."
Ask an administrator in your organization to change the scan schedule or alerts.

Task guides that use this page

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