Vulnerability managers set up a remediation target rule at the vulnerable item level to drive the remediation of high-risk vulnerabilities in a timely manner. When the remediation date for a vulnerable item nears, a notification is sent to the users or groups specified in the rule.

1. Navigate to Vulnerability > Administration > Remediation Target Rules.
2. Click New.
3. Fill in the fields on the form, as appropriate.

   Field	Description
   Name	Name of the rule.
   Target (days)	Specify the number of days within which the vulnerable items should be remediated, since first identified.
   Active	By default the Active check box is selected, which means the remediation target rule is active. If this check box is cleared, this rule does not apply to new vulnerable items created in the system.
   Notify (days before due)	Number of days prior to the targeted remediation time for a notification to be sent. The notification date calculated using this value is used to show the remediation status and color coding. If the date is before the notification date, the remediation status is “In flight.” If it is past the notification date and before the remediation target date, the status is shown as approaching target. Note: If this field is set to 0, only a Target Missed notification is sent.
   Rule applies to	Using the condition filter, select the criteria for applying the rule to the vulnerable items. To prevent performance impact, test your conditions at full production scale. Testing enables you to determine how long the Evaluate remediation targets job takes to execute, given the conditions and the size of your Configuration Management Database (CMDB).
   Notifications Note: The count shown in the notification email does not include vulnerable items in the Deferred, Resolved, or Closed state.
   Users	The people to notify when the selected vulnerable item is approaching or passes its targeted remediation target time.
   Group	The group to notify when the selected vulnerable item is approaching or passes its targeted remediation target time.

4. Click Submit.
   This rule goes into effect during the next run of the scheduled job, Evaluate remediation targets or, starting with v12.0, when using the Change Apply button on the Remediation Target Rules list view. The same is true when an existing rule is updated. For more information on the scheduled job, see Vulnerability Response remediation target rules.