Run Your First Scan

This guide walks through manually initiating a scan and interpreting results.

Scan Types

Quick Scan

• Homepage only
• ~30 seconds
• Good for initial assessment

Full Scan

• Homepage + configured page types
• ~2-5 minutes
• Comprehensive coverage

Deep Scan

• All discovered pages
• ~10-30 minutes
• Maximum coverage, higher resource usage

Initiating a Scan

From Console

1. Navigate to your site in Sites
2. Click the Scan button
3. Select scan type
4. Click Start Scan

From Command Line

# Using the BLACKOUT scanner directly
node scanner.js --url https://example.com --output results.json

What the Scanner Detects

During each scan, BLACKOUT captures:

Understanding Results

Detection Structure

{
  "vendor_id": "rb2b",
  "vendor_name": "RB2B",
  "bti_categories": ["visitor_identification", "crm_enrichment"],
  "confidence": 95,
  "evidence": {
    "script_urls": ["https://tag.rb2b.com/..."],
    "cookies_set": ["_rb2b_session"],
    "data_exfil": ["email", "company"]
  }
}

Evidence Fields

• script_urls: Where the vendor's code loaded from
• cookies_set: Cookies created by this vendor
• data_exfil: Data observed leaving to vendor domains
• piggyback_chain: Other vendors loaded by this vendor

Scan States

Next Steps

• Understanding Findings — Deep dive into detection results
• Drift Detection — Monitor for changes over time