Firewall Considerations

In setting up your OT Security system, it is important to map out the open ports to allow the Tenable system to operate correctly. The following tables indicate the ports to reserve for use with the OT Security ICP and OT Security Sensors as well as those needed for running Active Queries and for integration with Tenable Vulnerability Management and Tenable Security Center.

Note: For information about the list of Tenable websites and domains that you must allow through the firewall, see the Knowledge Base article.

OT Security Core Platform

The following ports should remain open for communication with the OT Security Core Platform.

Flow Direction Port Communicates With Purpose
Inbound TCP 443 and TCP 28304 OT Sensor Sensor authentication, pairing, and receiving sensor information.
Inbound TCP 8000 Web interface for Tenable Core Browser access to Tenable Core
Inbound TCP 28304 ICP/ OT Security Sensor Communication
Inbound TCP 22 Appliance for SSH Access Command line access to OS or appliance
Outbound TCP 443 Tenable Security Center Sends data for integration
Outbound* TCP 443 cloud.tenable.com Sends data for integration
Outbound* Various Industrial protocols PLCs/controllers Active query
Outbound* TCP 25 or 587 Email server for alerts SMTP (alert emails, reports)
Outbound* UDP 514 Syslog server Sends policy event alerts and syslog messages
Outbound* UDP 53 DNS server Name Resolution
Outbound* UDP 123 NTP server Time service
Outbound* TCP 389 or 636 AD server AD LDAP authentication
Outbound* TCP 443 SAML Provider Single Sign On
Outbound* UDP 161 SNMP Server SNMP monitoring to Tenable Core
Outbound* TCP 443

*.tenable.com

*.nessus.org

 Automatic Plugin, Application, and OS Updates**
Outbound

TCP 10146 (secure port)

 

 IoT Connector Connects ICP to IoT connector agent

*Optional services

**Offline procedure available

OT Security Sensors

The following ports should remain open for communication with OT Security Sensors.

Flow Direction Port Communicates With Purpose
Inbound TCP 8000 Web interface Browser access to user GUI
Inbound TCP 22 Appliance for SSH Access Command line access to OS or appliance
Outbound* TCP 25 Email server for alerts SMTP (alert emails, reports)
Outbound* UDP 53 DNS server Name Resolution
Outbound* UDP 123 NTP server Time service
Outbound* UDP 161 SNMP Server SNMP monitoring to Tenable Core
Outbound TCP 28303 ICP/ OT Security
Sends communication from sensor, receives on ICP/ OT Security		 Unauthenticated / passive only sensor connection
Outbound TCP 443 and TCP 28304 ICP/ OT Security
Sends communication from sensor, receives on ICP/ OT Security		 Authenticated / secure tunnel between sensor and ICP

*Optional services

Active Query

The following ports should remain open in order to use the Active Queries.

Flow Direction Port Communicates With Purpose
Outbound TCP 80 OT Devices HTTP fingerprinting
Outbound TCP 102 OT Devices S7/S7+ protocol
Outbound TCP 443 OT Devices HTTPS fingerprinting
Outbound TCP 445 OT Devices WMI queries
Outbound TCP 502 OT Devices Modbus protocol
Outbound TCP 5432 OT Devices PostgreSQL queries
Outbound UDP/TCP 44818 OT Devices

CIP protocol
Outbound TCP/UDP 53 OT Devices DNS
Outbound ICMP OT Devices Asset Discovery
Outbound UDP 161 OT Devices SNMP queries
Outbound UDP 137 OT Devices NBNS queries
Outbound UDP 138 OT Devices NetBIOS queries

Note: The ports used by the devices vary depending on the vendor and product line. For a list of relevant ports and protocols needed to ensure active queries are successful, see Identification and Details Query.

OT Security Integrations

The following ports should remain open for communication with the Tenable Vulnerability Management and Tenable Security Center Integrations.

Flow Direction Port Communicates With Purpose
Outbound TCP 443 cloud.tenable.com Tenable Vulnerability Management Integration
Outbound TCP 443 Tenable Security Center Tenable Security Center Integration

Identification and Details Query

You can use the following ports for Identification and Details queries:

Note: You may need to open the ports on the firewall for OT Security or its sensors to reach the relevant port for your assets.
Port Port Name

21

 FTP

80

 HTTP

102

Step-7 / S7+

111

 Emerson OVATION

135

 WMI
161 SNMP

443

 HTTPS

502

 MODBUS / MMS

1911

 Niagara FOX

2001

 Profibus

2222

 PCCC_AB-ETH

2404

 IEC 60870-5

3500

 Bachmann

4000

 Emerson ROC

4911

 Niagara FOX TLS

5002

 Mitsubishi MELSEC

5007

 Mitsubishi MELSEC

5432

 PSQL / SEL

18245

 SRTP

20000

 DNP3

20256

 PCOM

44818

 EthernetIP / CIP
47808 BACNET (udp)

48898

 ADS

55553

 Honeywell CEE
55565 Honeywell FTE