Explore

The Explore page in Tenable Attack Surface Management provides central inventory view and allows you to:

  • View security risk categories impacting inventory assets.

  • Filter assets using queries and Saved Queries to view the security risks.

  • Group assets by hostnames or IP addresses.

  • Manage sources (add, remove, move).

  • Export assets in CSV, XLSX, or JSON.

  • Customize asset table columns.

  • Manage assets (add, modify, remove).

  • View assets in table or chart format.

To access the Explore page:

  1. In the left navigation bar, click the button.

    The Explore menu appears with the options:

    • Asset Inventory (New)

    • Asset Inventory (Legacy)

  2. Select Asset Inventory (New) to open the Explore dashboard page. The Asset Inventory (Legacy) option opens the legacy user interface.

The Explore page in Tenable Attack Surface Management includes the following:

Section Description
Categories of Security Risk

This panel provides a high-level overview of your assets by listing the critical events in your organization along with the number of your affected assets. Click the and arrows to move to the next event.

Click a category to view the affected assets in the assets table.
Icons on the left navigation bar

Use the icons to access Suggestions (), Reports (), TXT Records (), Integrations (), Subscriptions (), and ASM Activity Logs ().
Saved Queries Save filter queries to track important changes in your environment. Events can include new servers, newly opened or closed ports, and new software. See Asset Filters.
Main panel

The main panel shows the list of assets in a table format. The columns include data such as Host, Severity, IP Address.

  • To customize columns, click the Columns drop-down box in the header. In the Customize Columns drop-down box, search for specific columns, add or remove columns, and reset column width. See Inventory Columns.

  • Use the Group By option to group the assets list by Hostname, IP Address, or None.

  • Use the Items Per Page drop-down to specify the number of assets on a page: 50,100, 150, or 200.

  • Use the View As option to view the assets in a table or chart form
Asset Details Click an asset to view the asset details page. See Asset Details.
Sort by Asset Count

Sort the sources by the asset count: High to Low or Low to High.

You can also use the Sort Alphabetically or Sort by Date Added to Inventory to sort the sources.
Search Use the Search box in the left panel to search for specific sources.
Export All

  1. Click the Export All button to export the assets table in the following formats:

    • CSV

    • XLSX

    • JSON

  2. In the Export window, search for and select the columns to export.

  3. (Optional) Use the View selected option to view all columns that you selected.

  4. Click Export.

    Tenable Attack Surface Management exports all assets in the selected format.
Add Sources

In the Sources panel on the left, click to add sources to your inventory. Available options:

  • Add Hostnames or Domains

  • Add IP addresses or IP ranges

  • Add ASN

  • Add from Cloudflare

  • Add from AWS

  • Add from Azure

  • Add from Google Cloud Platform

For more information, see Add Sources
Add Tags or Remove Tags

Add or remove tags for single or multiple assets. See Manage Asset Tags.
Select All Assets

Use the asset count checkbox at the top of the table to select all the assets listed on the page. To select all the assets in the inventory, click the Select all <count> assets link.

To clear the selections, click Clear all selections.
Archive

Use the Archive option to archive assets in the inventory. See Archive an Asset.
Create Advanced Network Scan

  1. To create an advanced network scan for a single asset:

    • In the row of the asset to scan, click the button.

      A menu appears.

    • Select the checkbox for the asset to create a scan.

      Tenable Attack Surface Management enables the More > Create Advanced Network Scan.

    • Right-click the asset to create a scan.

      A menu appears.

  2. Select Create Advanced Network Scan.

Tenable Attack Surface Management redirects you to the container to create an advanced network scan.

To create advanced network scans for multiple assets:

  1. Select the checkbox for one or several assets you want to scan.

    Tenable Attack Surface Management enables the header.

  2. Click More > Create Advanced Network Scan.

    Tenable Attack Surface Management redirects you to the Advanced Network Scan page in Tenable Vulnerability Management to create an advanced network scan.
Create Web Application Scan

  1. To create an advanced network scan for a single asset:

    • In the row of the asset to scan, click the button.

      A menu appears.

    • Select the checkbox for the asset to create a scan.

      Tenable Attack Surface Management enables the More > Create Web Application Scan.

    • Right-click the asset to create a scan.

      A menu appears.

  2. Select Create Web Application Scan.

Tenable Attack Surface Management redirects you to the container to create an advanced network scan.

To create advanced network scans for multiple assets:

  1. Select the checkbox for one or several assets you want to scan.

    Tenable Attack Surface Management enables the header.

  2. Click More > Create Web Application Scan.

    Tenable Attack Surface Management redirects you to Create a Scan - Web App Scan page in Tenable Vulnerability Management to create an advanced network scan.
Copy to Clipboard To copy the asset hostname, right-click the asset name and select Copy to Clipboard.
Filter By Value To filter the assets table by a specific value, right-click any column value and select Filter By Value.
Filter Out Value To filter out the assets table, right-click and select Filter Out Value.