Tenable Identity Exposure Administrator Guide

Last updated: November 30, 2023

The Administrator's Guide provides information about administration tasks for Tenable Identity Exposure (formerly known as Tenable.ad).

Tenable recommends some of the following to get started as an administrator in Tenable Identity Exposure:

• Prepare and Install

• Configure Profile and Users

• Detect and Monitor

Prepare and Install

To prepare for and complete Tenable Identity Exposure installation:

• Review the Tenable Identity Exposure Installation Guide.

• Install Tenable Identity Exposure as described in the Tenable Identity Exposure Installation Guide.

• Connect and sign in to Tenable Identity Exposure.

Configure Profile and Users

Next, we recommend interacting with the following to configure and navigate the Tenable Identity Exposure interface:

• Set profile preferences: Configure your default language, change your password, and set other preferences for your profile

• Create and add users to your Tenable Identity Exposure instance.

• Configure role-based access control (RBAC) to secure access to data and functions within your organization.

Detect and Monitor

Once you have configured and tuned Tenable Identity Exposure to your business needs, you can begin working with your data:

• Deploy the Indicators of Attack module.

• Manage and receive relevant information about the security state of the monitored infrastructure using the Tenable Identity Exposure portal.

• Define attack scenarios by selecting the types of attack for Tenable Identity Exposure to monitor on specific domains.

Note: Tenable Identity Exposure can be purchased alone or as part of the Tenable One package. For more information, see Tenable One.

Tenable One Exposure Management Platform

Tenable One is an Exposure Management Platform to help organizations gain visibility across the modern attack surface, focus efforts to prevent likely attacks and accurately communicate cyber risk to support optimal business performance.

The platform combines the broadest vulnerability coverage spanning IT assets, cloud resources, containers, web apps and identity systems, builds on the speed and breadth of vulnerability coverage from Tenable Research and adds comprehensive analytics to prioritize actions and communicate cyber risk. Tenable One allows organizations to:

•     Gain comprehensive visibility across the modern attack surface
•     Anticipate threats and prioritize efforts to prevent attacks
•     Communicate cyber risk to make better decisions

Tenable Identity Exposure exists as a standalone product, or can be purchased as part of the Tenable One Exposure Management platform.

For an overview of Tenable One, see the following video:

For more information, see the following: