Management Console User Interface Elements

The Management Console user interface provides easy access to important data related to asset management, network activity, and security events that OT Security discovers. You can use the user interface to configure the OT Security platform functionality according to your needs.

Main User Interface Elements

The following table describes the main user interface elements.

User interfaceElement

Description

Main Navigation

Main navigation menu. Click the icon to show/hide the main navigation menu.

Active Queries Indicates whether Active Queries is enabled or disabled.
Dark Mode/Daylight Mode Changes the display color scheme to Dark mode or Daylight mode.

Current Date and Time

Shows the current date and time as registered in the system.
Resource Center OT Security resource center.

Current User Name

Shows the name of the user who is currently logged into the system. Click the down arrow for a selection menu. Menu options are About (shows software info) and Logout.

After activatingOT Security, you can view your Tenable customer ID in the About view. This customer ID is required when contacting Technical Support or Customer Success teams.

License Info

Shows the OT Security software version and the license expiration date.
Main Screen Shows the screen that you select in the main navigation.
Export Downloads a PDF of the dashboard.

You can use the Dark Mode color scheme on all screens by enabling the Dark Mode toggle.

To enable or disable Dark Mode:

  1. Click the (Dark Mode) toggle at the top of the window.

    OT Security applies the selected setting to all screens.

  2. To restore the daylight mode setting, click the (Daylight Mode) toggle.

You can check the version your software using the user profile icon in the upper-right corner of the header bar.

To display the current software version:

  1. In the main header bar, click the icon in the upper-right corner to open the menu.

    OT Security displays the user menu.

  2. Click About.

    OT Security displays the current software version.

The Resource Center displays a list of informational resources including product announcements, Tenable blog posts, and user guide documentation.

Note: Access to Resource Center requires internet.

To access the Resource Center:

  1. In the upper-right corner, click the button.

    The Resource Center menu appears.

  2. Click a resource link to navigate to that resource. The following resources are available:

    • Search OT Security Knowledge Base

    • New feature updates

You can access the following main pages from the left navigation panel:

  • Dashboards — Shows widgets containing graphs and tables that give a general view of your network’s inventory and security posture. There are separate dashboards for risk, inventory, events, and policies. See Dashboards.

  • Events — Shows all events that occurred as a result of Policy violations. A screen shows All Events with separate screens for each specific type of event. For example: Configuration Events, SCADA Events, Network Threats, or Network Events. See Events.

  • Policies — View, edit, and activate policies in the system. See Policies.

  • Inventory — Shows an inventory of all the discovered assets, allowing comprehensive asset management, status monitoring of each asset, and viewing their related events. A screen shows All Assets with separate screens for specific type of assets: Controllers and Modules, Network Assets, and IoT. See Inventory.

  • Network Map — Shows a visual representation of the network assets and their connections.

  • Vulnerabilities — Shows a detailed list of all the threats in the network that OT Security plugins detected and provides recommended remediation steps. This section includes CVEs as well as other threats to your network assets, such as obsolete operating systems, usage of vulnerable protocols, vulnerable open ports, and so on.

  • Network — Provides a comprehensive view of the network traffic by showing data about conversations that took place between assets in the network over time. See Network. OT Security displays this information in three separate windows:

    • Network Summary — Shows an overview of network traffic.

    • Packet Captures — Shows full-packet captures of network traffic.

    • Conversations — Shows a list of all detected network conversations with details about the time of occurrence and involved assets and so on.

  • Groups — View, create and edit groups used in policy configuration. See Groups.

  • Local Settings – View and configure the system settings. See Local Settings.