Overview

You can check current the status of DSM, scan the system, and check the scanning progress and result summary. Security Advisor scans DSM and your DiskStation by checking a number of security rules. The number and types of rules depend on how you configure your Security Baseline. Your Security Baseline is determined by your needs. Are you using your DiskStation for work and business or home and personal use? You will be asked to choose a Security Baseline the first time you start a scan. This can be changed later on the Advanced page.

System status

Security Advisor has a total of seven statuses. Once a scan is finished, you will see a results summary across five categories. The different statuses include:

Security Advisor groups checks into five categories:

Once a scan has finished, you can view detailed results on a report-by-report basis by clicking View Results.

Reports

To view a report on the current login analysis and security scan:

  1. Click Generate reports now.
  2. A window will pop up to inform you that the report has been generated successfully. Click OK to view the report.

To view historical reports:

  1. Click the upside-down triangle next to Generate reports now.
  2. Click View historical reports.
  3. Click on a report to open it.