Results Reported by the Scanner

After the compliance check, the scanner reports the following results for each rule in the XCCDF file:

Pass: Indicates that the computer has passed the compliance check for the selected rule.
Fail: Indicates that the computer has failed the compliance check for the selected rule.
Error: Indicates that there was an error while performing the compliance check for the selected rule.
Not Checked: Indicates that the rule does not contain a check defined, making it impossible for the scanner to perform a compliance check for it.
Unknown: Indicates that the characteristics being evaluated cannot be found or the characteristics can be found but collected object flag is "not collected".
Not Applicable: Indicates that the rule is not applicable to the operating environment installed on the agent computer.