Preconfigured Advanced Scan Settings

Certain Tenable-provided Nessus Scanner templates include preconfigured advanced settings, described in the following table. The preconfigured advanced settings are determined by both the template and the Scan Type that you select.

Template	Scan Type	Preconfigured Settings
Discovery
Host Discovery	–	Performance Options defaults
Vulnerabilities
Basic Network Scan	Default (default)	Performance options: 30 simultaneous hosts (max) 4 simultaneous checks per host (max) 5 second network read timeout
	Scan low bandwidth links	Performance options: 2 simultaneous hosts (max) 2 simultaneous checks per host (max) 15 second network read timeout Slow down the scan when network congestion is detected
	Custom	All defaults
Advanced Scan	–	All defaults
Advanced Dynamic Scan	–	All defaults
Malware Scan	Default (default)	Performance options: 30 simultaneous hosts (max) 4 simultaneous checks per host (max) 5 second network read timeout
	Scan low bandwidth links	Performance options: 2 simultaneous hosts (max) 2 simultaneous checks per host (max) 15 second network read timeout Slow down the scan when network congestion is detected
	Custom	All defaults
Mobile Device Scan	–	Debug Settings defaults
Web Application Tests	Default (default)	Performance options: 30 simultaneous hosts (max) 4 simultaneous checks per host (max) 5 second network read timeout
	Scan low bandwidth links	Performance options: 2 simultaneous hosts (max) 2 simultaneous checks per host (max) 15 second network read timeout Slow down the scan when network congestion is detected
	Custom	All defaults
Credentialed Patch Audit	Default (default)	Performance options: 30 simultaneous hosts (max) 4 simultaneous checks per host (max) 5 second network read timeout
	Scan low bandwidth links	Performance options: 2 simultaneous hosts (max) 2 simultaneous checks per host (max) 15 second network read timeout Slow down the scan when network congestion is detected
	Custom	All defaults
Badlock Detection	–	All defaults
Bash Shellshock Detection	–	All defaults
DROWN Detection	–	All defaults
Intel AMT Security Bypass	–	All defaults
Log4Shell	-	All defaults
Log4Shell Remote Checks	-	All defaults
Log4Shell Vulnerability Ecosystem	-	All defaults
Shadow Brokers Scan	–	All defaults
Spectre and Meltdown	–	All defaults
WannaCry Ransomware	–	All defaults
Compliance
Audit Cloud Infrastructure	–	Debug Settings defaults
Internal PCI Network Scan	Default (default)	Performance options: 30 simultaneous hosts (max) 4 simultaneous checks per host (max) 5 second network read timeout
	Scan low bandwidth links	Performance options: 2 simultaneous hosts (max) 2 simultaneous checks per host (max) 15 second network read timeout Slow down the scan when network congestion is detected
	Custom	All defaults
MDM Config Audit	–	–
Offline Config Audit	–	Debug Settings defaults
PCI Quarterly External Scan	Default (default)	Performance options: 30 simultaneous hosts (max) 4 simultaneous checks per host (max) 5 second network read timeout
	Scan low bandwidth links	Performance options: 2 simultaneous hosts (max) 2 simultaneous checks per host (max) 15 second network read timeout Slow down the scan when network congestion is detected
	Custom	All defaults
Policy Compliance Auditing	Default (default)	Performance options: 30 simultaneous hosts (max) 4 simultaneous checks per host (max) 5 second network read timeout
	Scan low bandwidth links	Performance options: 2 simultaneous hosts (max) 2 simultaneous checks per host (max) 15 second network read timeout Slow down the scan when network congestion is detected
	Custom	All defaults
SCAP and OVAL Auditing	Default (default)	Performance options: 30 simultaneous hosts (max) 4 simultaneous checks per host (max) 5 second network read timeout
	Scan low bandwidth links	Performance options: 2 simultaneous hosts (max) 2 simultaneous checks per host (max) 15 second network read timeout Slow down the scan when network congestion is detected
	Custom	All defaults