# Creating a CIS scan configuration


 This topic describes how to create a CIS scan configuration. 

**To run a CIS scan**

1.  Sign in using your credentials, and then open the Amazon Inspector console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/inspector/v2/home](https://console.aws.amazon.com/inspector/v2/home). 

1.  Use the AWS Region dropdown to select the AWS Region where you want to run a CIS scan. 

1.  From the navigation pane, choose **On-demand scans**, and then choose **CIS scans**. 

1.  Choose **Create new scan**. 

1.  For **Scan configuration name**, enter a **Scan configuration name**. 

1.  For **Target resource tags**, enter a **Key** and corresponding **Value** for the instances you want to scan. You can specify up to five different values for each key and a total of 25 tags to include in the scan. 

1.  For **CIS Benchmark level**, you can select **Level 1** for basic security configurations or **Level 2** for advanced security configurations. 

1.  For **Target accounts**, specify which accounts to include in the CIS scan. For more information, see [Considerations for managing Amazon Inspector CIS scans with AWS Organizations](scanning-cis.md#CIS-organizations). 

    If your account is the delegated administrator account, you can select **All accounts** or **Specify accounts**. The **All accounts** option targets all accounts in your organization. The **Specify accounts** only targets individual accounts in your organization. If you choose this option, you can specify more than one account by separating the account numbers with a comma. You can also enter `SELF` instead of an account ID to create a scan configuration for your account 

    If your account is a standalone account or member account in an organization, you can select **Self** to create a scan configuration for your account. 

1.  For **Schedule**, choose **One time scan**, which runs as soon as you finish creating your scan configuration, or **Recurring scans**, which runs at the time you specify. 

1.  Confirm your choices, and then choose **Create**.