Scans

Note: You cannot create and launch scans, create or view policies or plugin rules, or use the upgrade assistant while Tenable Nessus compiles plugins.

On the Scans page, you can create, view, and manage scans and resources. To access the Scans page, in the top navigation bar, click Scans. The left navigation bar shows the Folders and Resources sections.

The Scans page opens to the My Scans folder by default, but you can also view All Scans and any custom scan folders.

The page provides the following information for each listed scan:

Column Description
Name The scan name.
Scan Type

The scan type:

  • Host Discovery

  • Vulnerability

  • Compliance

  • (Tenable Nessus Expert only) Web Application

  • (Tenable Nessus Expert only) Attack Surface Discovery

  • (Tenable Nessus Manager only) Agent

To learn more about each scan type, see Scan Templates.
Schedule

The schedule on which Tenable Nessus runs the scan:

  • On Demand — The scan can be launched directly from the scans listing by pressing in the scan's row. On demand scans can also run at repeating, scheduled intervals if they have a configured schedule.

  • (Tenable Nessus Manager agent scans only) Triggered — The scan can be launched via user-configured triggers. For more information, see Triggered Agent Scans (Tenable Nessus Manager).

  • Disabled — The scan is currently disabled and does not run.
Last Scanned The date and time at which Tenable Nessus last ran the scan (for example, January 5 at 8:18 PM or 2024-12-23 at 6:00 PM).

For more information on scans, see the following topics: