Save and Load Options

You can import and save scan options with Card Recon using the "Tools" menu.

Expand "Tools" menu to import and save scan options like "Load search configuration", "Save search configuration" and more.

Saving and Loading Search Configurations

Card Recon’s search configuration files (*.cfg) allow you to save and load your Card Recon’s scan options.

Use the Card Recon GUI to save search configuration files. The Card Recon CLI cannot save search configuration files.

These configuration files may be loaded by both the Card Recon GUI and the Card Recon CLI.

Load Search Configuration

When you click on "Load search configuration", Card Recon prompts you to locate the configuration file that you wish to load.

Locate the appropriate configuration file on your computer and click Open to load the configuration file.

If Card Recon cannot start, your configuration file may be corrupted. Remove the configuration file from the directory Card Recon is placed in and start Card Recon.

Save Search Configuration

Clicking on "Save search configuration" will prompt you to decide where you want to save your current Card Recon search configuration.

Saving and Loading Results Database

Card Recon uses database journal files (*.jnl) to record scan and remediation progress. See Setting Results Database Options for more information.

Load Results Database

When you click on "Load results database", Card Recon prompts you to locate the results database file that you wish to load.

Loading a saved results database file will load the scan results of that particular scan, as well as any remediation done.

Loading a saved results database file will allow the user to continue remediating matches that were found in the saved results database.

Save Results Database

Clicking on "Save results database" will prompt you to decide where you want to save the current results database.

Database journal files only save the results of a completed or incomplete scan. Loading a saved database journal file with the Card Recon GUI will not allow you to continue a previously paused or stopped scan.

You can only save a results database after you’ve completed, paused, or stopped a scan.

Saving Match Lists

Once a scan has stopped running, Card Recon will allow you to save a list of all the matches found in the current session.

When saving a match list, Card Recon will automatically mask matched data.

A saved match list will contain:

Matched data (masked).
File path of file containing matched data.
Type of match.
Remedial action taken.
Format of file containing matched data.

Saving Compliance Reports

On completing a scan, Card Recon will ask if you want to save a compliance report if Card Recon is not already configured to save compliance reports.

By default, compliance reports are saved as PDFs.

You can save compliance reports as:

Adobe PDFs (*.pdf).
Spreadsheets (*.csv).
HTML (*.html).
Text (*.txt).
Ground Labs offline report files (*.crr).