System Configuration

A unique identifier for the OT Security appliance.

Allows you to set the single URL from which the system can be accessed (FQDN).

The correct time and date are set automatically, but you can edit it.

Select the local time zone at the site location from the drop-down list. To change the timezone, click Edit

The session period after which users are logged out automatically and are required to log in again. To change the login session timeout period, click Edit. Available options for the time period: 2 weeks, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 4 hours, 12 hours, 1 day, 1 week, and 2 weeks.

The inactivity period after which logged in users are logged out automatically and required to log in again. To change the inactivity period, click Edit.

Determines the period after which Open Port listings are removed from the individual Asset Details screen if no further indication is received that the port is still open. Default setting is two weeks. For more information, see Inventory.

Turning on Ping Requests activates the OT Security platform’s automatic response to ping requests.

To activate ping requests, click the Ping Requests toggle to enable ping requests.

Turning on the full packet capture capability activates continuous recording of full-packet captures of all traffic in the network. This enables extensive troubleshooting and forensic investigation capabilities. When the storage capacity exceeds 1.8 TB, the system deletes older files. You can view and download available files from the Network > Packet Captures page, see section Network.

To activate packet captures, click the Packet Capture toggle to enable packet captures.

Note: You can stop the Packet Capture feature at any time by toggling the switch to OFF.

Enabling automatic approval of incoming sensor pairing requests ensures all sensor pairing requests are approved without any additional administrator. If this option is not selected, final manual approval is required for any new sensors to connect to your network.

To enable auto approval for incoming sensor pairing requests, click the Auto Approve Incoming Sensor Pairing Requests toggle to enable automatic approval.

The Enable Usage Statistics option specifies whether Tenable collects anonymous telemetry data about your OT Security deployment. When enabled, Tenable collects telemetry information that cannot be attributed to a specific individual; it is only collected at the company level. This information does not include personal data or personally identifiable information (PII). Telemetry information includes, but is not limited to, data about your visited pages, your used reports and dashboards, and your configured features. Tenable uses the data to improve your user experience in future OT Security releases and for other reasonable business purposes in accordance with the Tenable Master Agreement. This setting is enabled by default.

To enable telemetry collection, click the Enable Usage Statistics.

Note: You can disable sharing of usage statistics at any time by clicking the toggle switch.

An in-browser GraphQL IDE. Enable or disable this toggle to use the playground in production to test your API queries.