SSH Integration

Tenable Vulnerability Management provides an option for BeyondTrust Windows integration. Complete the following steps to configure Tenable Vulnerability Management with BeyondTrust in SSH.

Requirements

  • Tenable Vulnerability Management account
  • BeyondTrust account

Required User Role: Standard, Scan Manager, or Administrator

To configure Tenable Vulnerability Management for BeyondTrustSSH:

  1. Log in to Tenable Vulnerability Management.

  2. In the upper-left corner, click the button.

    The left navigation plane appears.

  3. In the left navigation plane, click Settings.

    The Settings page appears.

  4. Click the Credentials widget.

    The Credentials page appears. The credentials table lists the managed credentials you have permission to view.

  5. Click the button next to the Credentials title.

    The credential form plane appears.

  1. In the Host section, click SSH.

    The selected credential options appear.

  2. In the Authentication Method drop-down, select BeyondTrust.

    The BeyondTrust options appear.

  3. Configure the BeyondTrust credentials.

    Option Description Required

    Username

    The username to log in to the hosts you want to scan.

    yes

    BeyondTrust host

    The BeyondTrust IP address or DNS address.

    yes

    BeyondTrust port

    The port on which BeyondTrust listens.

    yes

    BeyondTrust API user

    The API user provided by BeyondTrust.

    yes

    BeyondTrust API key

    The API key provided by BeyondTrust.

    yes

    Checkout duration

    The length of time, in minutes, that you want to keep credentials checked out in BeyondTrust. Configure the Checkout duration to exceed the typical duration of your Tenable Vulnerability Management scans. If a password from a previous scan is still checked out when a new scan begins, the new scan fails.

    Note: Configure the password change interval in BeyondTrust so that password changes do not disrupt your Tenable Vulnerability Management scans. If BeyondTrust changes a password during a scan, the scan fails.

    yes

    Use SSL

    When enabled, Tenable Vulnerability Management uses SSL through IIS for secure communications. You must configure SSL through IIS in BeyondTrust before enabling this option.

    no

    Verify SSL certificate

    When enabled, Tenable Vulnerability Management validates the SSL certificate. You must configure SSL through IIS in BeyondTrust before enabling this option.

    no

    Use private key

    When enabled, Tenable Vulnerability Management uses private key-based authentication for SSH connections instead of password authentication. If it fails, the password is requested.

    no

    Use privilege escalation

    When enabled, BeyondTrust uses the configured privilege escalation command. If it returns something, it will use it for the scan.

    no
    Custom password prompt The password prompt used by the target host. Only use this setting when an interactive SSH session fails due to Tenable Vulnerability Management receiving an unrecognized password prompt on the target host's interactive SSH shell.

    no

What to do next:

To verify the integration is working:

  1. On the My Scans page, click the Launch button to initiate an on-demand scan.

  2. Once the scan completes, click the scan.

    The scan details appear.

    Look for the following message - OS Identification and Installed Software Enumeration over SSH: 97993. This validates that authentication was successful.