Create a User-Defined Template

Required Tenable.io Vulnerability Management User Role: Scan Operator, Standard, Scan Manager, or Administrator

Required Tenable.io Web Awarding Scanning User Part: Scan Manager or Administrator

You can create user-defined scan templates to save and share custom scan settings with other Tenable.io users. For more information, run across User-Divers Templates.

When y'all define a scan template, Tenable.io assigns y'all possessor permissions for the browse template. You can share the scan template past assigning template permissions to other users, merely only you tin delete the browse template.

To create a user-defined browse template:

  1. In the upper-left corner, click the Menu button.

    The left navigation plane appears.

  2. Do one of the post-obit:

    • In the left navigation plane, in the Vulnerability Direction section, click Scan Templates.

      The Browse Templates page appears.

    • In the left navigation plane, in the Web App Scanning department, click Scan Templates.

      The Scan Templates page appears.

  3. In the upper-right corner of the page, click the add Create Template push.

    The Select a Template folio appears.

  4. Click the tile for the template you want to use as the base for your user-defined scan template.

    The Create a Template page appears.

  5. Configure options for the scan template:

    Tab Action
    Vulnerability Management Scans
    Settings

    Configure the settings available in the template.

    • Basic Settings — Specifies the organizational and security-related aspects of a scan template. This includes specifying the name of the scan, its targets, whether you want to schedule the scan, and who has permissions for the browse.
    • Discovery Settings — Specifies how a scan performs discovery and port scanning.
    • Assessment Settings — Specifies how a scan identifies vulnerabilities, every bit well as what vulnerabilities are identified. This includes identifying malware, assessing the vulnerability of a organization to brute strength attacks, and the susceptibility of web applications.
    • Report Settings — Specifies whether the scan generates a report.
    • Advanced Settings — Specifies advanced controls for browse efficiency.
    Credentials

    Specify credentials you want Tenable.io to use to perform a credentialed scan.

    Compliance/SCAP Specify the platforms you lot want to audit. Tenable provides best practice audits for each platform. Additionally, you can upload a custom audit file.
    Plugins Select security checks by plugin family or individual plugin.
    Web Application Scans
    Settings

    Specifies the organizational and security-related aspects of a scan template. This includes specifying the name of the browse, its targets, whether you desire to schedule the scan, and who has permissions for the browse.

    Scope

    Specifies the URLs and file types you want included in or excluded from the scope of your scan.

    Assessment

    Specifies how a browse identifies vulnerabilities, also equally what vulnerabilities are identified. This includes identifying malware, assessing the vulnerability of a system to beast force attacks, and the susceptibility of web applications.

    Advanced

    Specifies advanced controls for scan efficiency.

    Credentials

    Specify credentials you want Tenable.io to use to perform a credentialed scan.

    Plugins Select security checks past plugin family or individual plugin.
  6. Click Salve.

    Tenable.io saves the user-defined browse template and adds information technology to the list of browse templates on the Scan Templates folio.