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Tenable Connector

Tenable connector pulls the Tenable Vulnerability Management logs directly from the Tenable Vulnerability Management API.

Prerequisites  ​

  • Tenable Account

  • Access Key

  • Secret Key

How do we derive the prerequisites?​

  • Login to Tenable.

  • Select the Vulnerability Management product.

  • Click Settings > Access Control.

  • Click on Create User.

  • In the user creation form, enter the name, email, and password as per your organization’s standards.

  • Choose the Scan Operator role and click on Next.

  • On the User Group’s page, select the appropriate user group(s) such as All Users, and click on Next.

  • On the Permissions page, choose Asset Discovery and click on Save.

  • Edit the newly created user by clicking on it.

  • Click on More, then click on the API Keys section > Generate API Keys > Replace & Generate.

  • Please make note of your Access key and Secret key, as you will need them in the next step.

Configurations​

  • Enter the Access key and Secret key generated in the previous step.

  • The following are the configurations to forward Tenable Vulnerability data to DNIF.‌

Field Description
 Connector NameEnter a name for the connector
 Access KeyEnter your Tenable Access Key
 Secret KeyEnter your Tenable Secret Key
  • The following optional configurations can be done based on requirements.
FieldDescription
 Log LevelSet the loglevel 0: DEBUG 1: INFO 4: WARNING 5: ERROR 6: CRITICAL
 Number of Threads Number of threads to publish logs.
 Size limit Size limit for creating bunching of logs to be sent.
 Wait TimeMax time to wait for log bunching in seconds.