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Status Planned for future release
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 2, 2026

Allow Custom Host Defined profiles to be imported into zSCC

We are looking at using the STIG profiles as a base and customising some of the controls to suit our requirements. It seems possible using a local carla library to customise the host defined profile goals, but it doesn’t seem possible to import a custom host defined profile  with a custom name into zSCC. In our ideal scenario our customised version of the STIG controls would have a different profile name to distinguish it from the official STIG profiles.  

Idea priority Medium
  • Admin
    Sunil Kumar Guduru
    Jun 3, 2026

    In the future release you would have the flexibility to clone the existing profiles including host-defined profiles to create custom profiles.