Connecting to Tenable.sc
Concept Information
Tenable SecurityCenter is a vulnerability management solution that provides real-time visibility into the security posture of your IT setup. It also consolidates and evaluates vulnerability data across your organization, and prioritizes security risks. You can use the Tenable.sc data connector to import your company's Tenable SecurityCenter data.
Before you start
To connect to Tenable SecurityCenter, you must gather the following:
- the host name of the Tenable.sc instance
- the correct connection port for the Tenable.sc instance
- the correct authentication method to connect to the instance
- the user credentials to connect to the instance
For help gathering the connection prerequisites, contact the Tenable SecurityCenter administrator in your organization. If your administrator cannot help you, you or your administrator should contact Tenable SecurityCenter Support.
Create a Tenable SecurityCenter connection
- From the Analytics main menu, select Import > Database and application.
- From the New Connections tab, in the ACL Connectors section, select Tenable.sc.
Tip
You can filter the list of available connectors by entering a search string in the Filter connections box. Connectors are listed alphabetically.
- In the Data Connection Settings panel, enter the connection settings and at the bottom of the panel, click Save and Connect.
You can accept the default Connection Name, or enter a new one.
The connection for Tenable.sc is saved to the Existing Connections tab. In the future, you can reconnect to Tenable.sc from the saved connection.
Once the connection is established, the Data Access window opens to the Staging Area and you can begin importing data. For help importing data from Tenable.sc, see Working with the Data Access window.
Connection settings
Basic settings
Setting | Description | Example |
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Host | The host name or IP address of the instance running Tenable.sc. | https://sc.tenable.online/ |
Port | The port for the Tenable.sc instance. | 443 |
Authentication Method |
The authentication method to connect to the Tenable.sc instance. The options available are:
Note To use API key authorization, your organization must have Tenable.sc 5.13.x or later vesion. |
API Keys |
User | The Tenable.sc user account to authenticate against the Tenable.sc instance. | |
Password | The password used to authenticate the user with the Tenable.sc instance. | |
Access Key | The API Access Key to authenticate on the Tenable.sc instance. | |
Secret Key | The API secret key to authenticate on the Tenable.sc instance. |
Advanced settings
Setting | Description | Example |
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Limit Key Size | The maximum length of a primary key column. | 255 |
Map To Long Varchar | This property controls whether a column is returned as SQL_LONGVARCHAR or not. | -1 |
Map To WVarchar | This property controls whether string types map to SQL_WVARCHAR instead of SQL_VARCHAR. | |
Pseudo Columns |
This property indicates whether to include pseudo columns as columns to the table. The value of this connection setting is of the format "Table1=Column1, Table1=Column2, Table2=Column3". |
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SSL Server Certificate |
The certificate that must be accepted from the server when connecting using SSL. You can provide any of the following:
Any other certificate that is not trusted by the machine is rejected. |
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Convert Datetime To GMT |
Converts datetime fields to GMT time zone during import. If this option is disabled, the datetime value is converted to the operating system time zone of the system running Analytics. |
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Proxy Authentication Scheme |
Specifies the authentication scheme to authenticate to the Proxy Server. The options available are as follows:
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BASIC |
Proxy Auto Detect | Specifies whether to use the system proxy settings or not. The value set for this option takes precedence over other proxy settings. So, if you want to use custom proxy settings, disable this option. | |
Proxy User | The user name to authenticate to the Proxy Server. | |
Proxy Password | The password to be used with the Proxy User to authenticate to the Proxy Server. | |
Proxy Server | The hostname or IP address of a proxy to route HTTP traffic through. | |
Proxy Port | The TCP port the Proxy Server is running on. | |
Proxy SSL Type |
The SSL type to use when connecting to the ProxyServer proxy. The options available are as follows:
This option is enabled only when you provide the value for the Proxy Server. |
AUTO |