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Your First Scan

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Purpose

This article walks you through running your first CMSSPM scan and reading the initial results at a high level. The goal is to get a quick picture of your site’s security posture without going deep into every dashboard section or finding type.

Where to find it

After installing and activating CMSSPM, open wp‑admin and look for the Posture Management menu. From there:

  • Click the Overview Dashboard entry.
  • If no scan has been run yet, you will see a prompt or button to start your first scan.

All posture scores and findings shown after this step are based on the scans you run from this page.

Running your first scan

To run your first scan:

  1. Open the Overview Dashboard.
  2. Click the Scan or Run Scan button.
  3. Wait while CMSSPM checks each configured area (core, accounts, browser, email, files, and settings).
  4. When the scan finishes, the dashboard will refresh to show current scores and findings.

Your first run is mainly about establishing a baseline. It captures your starting posture so you can see how changes improve or reduce risk over time.

What to look for after the scan

After your first scan completes, focus on:

  • The overall posture summary at the top of the dashboard.
  • Any high‑severity findings that are clearly flagged.
  • The section summaries for Core Security, Account Security, Browser Security, Email Security, File Security, and Settings.

Use this first pass to identify obvious misconfigurations or missing protections, not to fix everything at once. Each section of the dashboard will have its own article that explains how to read and act on those results in detail.

Recommended next steps

Once your first scan is complete:

  • Start with one section at a time, such as Core Security or Account Security.
  • Open the relevant section page from the sidebar or dashboard link.
  • Apply a small number of safe, high‑value changes (for example, HTTPS redirects, admin account cleanup, or basic login protections).
  • Run another scan to confirm that the dashboard reflects your changes.

Over time, you can use scheduled scans and the dashboard articles to refine each area, but the main goal of your first scan is simply to get a clear starting point.

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