Agent Profiles

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

In Tenable Nessus Manager, you can create agent profiles to customize and manage the behavior of your linked agents. An agent profile allows you to configure a range of settings for a specific group of agents.

You can use a profile to:

• Assign a specific agent version for testing or standardization purposes.

By assigning agents to different profiles, you can apply distinct configurations to various segments of your environment, which provides granular control over agent operations.

There are two types of agent profile:

• Default — The profile to which an agent or agent group belongs to unless you assign it to a custom profile. You cannot copy, delete, or edit the name and description of the Default profile.

• Custom profiles — A custom profile that you create. Custom profiles allow you to associate and configure different agents and agent groups based on your business needs.

Note: You can only assign an agent to one profile.

Note: The agent profile version overrides the agent's update plan setting. If you assign the agent a freeze window, the freeze window overrides both the agent update plan and the agent profile. In this case, the agent remains on its current version and no software updates occur for that agent as long as the agent is assigned to the freeze window.

For information about managing agent profiles, see Manage Agent Profiles.