diff --git a/cmd/scan.go b/cmd/scan.go
index f7fa258..47846d5 100644
--- a/cmd/scan.go
+++ b/cmd/scan.go
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ func init() {
 	ScanCmd.Flags().IPMaskVar(&subnetMask, "subnet-mask", net.IPv4Mask(255, 255, 255, 0), "Set the default subnet mask to use for with all subnets not using CIDR notation.")
 	ScanCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&disableProbing, "disable-probing", false, "Disable probing found assets for Redfish service(s) running on BMC nodes")
 	ScanCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&disableCache, "disable-cache", false, "Disable saving found assets to a cache database specified with 'cache' flag")
-	ScanCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&insecure, "insecure", false, "Skip TLS certificate verification during probe")
+	ScanCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&insecure, "insecure", true, "Skip TLS certificate verification during probe")
 	ScanCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&format, "format", "F", "db", "Output format (db, json, yaml)")
 	ScanCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&outputPath, "output", "o", "", "Output file path (for json/yaml formats)")
 	ScanCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&include, "include", []string{"bmcs"}, "Asset types to scan for (bmcs, pdus)")