Snooze or Disable Advisories for Assets

Make advisory exceptions to customize how Mondoo evaluates your assets. Advisory exceptions tell Mondoo to exclude certain advisories when assessing an asset's security posture.

If an asset has some advisories that, for any reason, you don't want to include in your assessments, you can disable them. Doing so instructs Mondoo to skip them entirely. Mondoo doesn't prioritize disabled advisories or include them when evaluating the asset's vulnerability to attack.

To temporarily or indefinitely exclude an advisory, you can snooze it. While an advisory is snoozed, it doesn't affect the asset's vulnerability score. Snoozing is useful when you intend to fix an advisory eventually but don't want it distracting your team right now.

Disable or snooze an advisory

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Only team members with Editor or Owner access can perform this task.

1. In the Mondoo Console, navigate to the space containing the asset.

   

2. Use the Search in Space box in the top-right corner of the page or Inventory list in the side navigation bar to open the asset you want.

3. Select the Advisories tab.

   

4. Check the boxes to the left of the advisories you want to snooze or disable.

   

5. Select the SET EXCEPTION button.

   

6. Select whether to Snooze or Disable the check and write an explanation for the exception.

   If you select Snooze, select how long to snooze the check. Select Indefinitely to keep the check snoozed unless you un-snooze it.

7. Select the SAVE EXCEPTION button.

Approve or reject an exception

Exceptions take effect the moment they're added. However, as an extra tracking step, a team member can approve or reject an exception:

• Approving an exception allows it to remain.

• Rejecting an exception removes it.

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Only team members with Editor or Owner access can perform this task.

To approve or reject an exception:

1. In the Mondoo Console, navigate to the space in which you want to approve or deny exceptions.

   

2. Use the Search in Space box in the top-right corner of the page or Inventory list in the side navigation bar to open the asset you want.

3. Select the Exceptions tab to see all the exceptions for the asset.

   

4. Select the Reject button to remove the exception, or select the Approve button to keep the exception with your approval.

Un-snooze or re-enable an advisory

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Only team members with Editor or Owner access can perform this task.

1. In the Mondoo Console, navigate to the space in which you want to disable a check.

   

2. Use the Search in Space box in the top-right corner of the page or Inventory list in the side navigation bar to open the asset you want.

3. Select the Advisories tab.

4. Check the boxes to the left of the advisories you want to un-snooze or re-enable.

   

5. Select Remove Exception and Enable.

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