Configure Email Notifications for a Scan

Required user role when using Tenable Nessus Manager: Standard, Administrator, or System Administrator

You can configure a scan to automatically send an email notification to specified recipients when the scan completes. This helps you and your stakeholders stay informed about scan results without needing to manually check the scan status in Tenable Nessus.

Before you begin:

  • Ensure you or your administrator have configured an SMTP server in Tenable Nessus. For more information, see SMTP Server.

To configure email notifications for a scan:

  1. In the top navigation bar, click Scans.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • In the upper-right corner of the page, click New Scan.

    • Open an existing scan. Then, click Configure.

  3. In the scan settings menu, click Basic > Notifications.

  4. Configure the following settings:

    Setting Default Value Description

    Email Recipient(s)

    		 None Specifies zero or more email addresses, separated by commas, that are alerted when a scan completes and the results are available.

    Attach Report

    Off

    (Tenable Nessus Professional and Tenable Nessus Expert only) Specifies whether you want to attach a report to each email notification. This option toggles the Report Type and Max Attachment Size settings.

    Report Type

    Nessus

    (Tenable Nessus Professional and Tenable Nessus Expert only) Specifies the report type (CSV, Nessus, or PDF) that you want to attach to the email.

    Max Attachment Size

    25

    (Tenable Nessus Professional and Tenable Nessus Expert only) Specifies the maximum size, in megabytes (MB), of any report attachment. If the report exceeds the maximum size, then it is not attached to the email. Tenable Nessus does not support report attachments larger than 50 MB.

    Result Filters

    		 None Defines the type of information to be emailed.

  5. Click Save.

    Tenable Nessus sends an email notification to the specified recipients after the scan completes.