Create a Scan Report

You can create a scan report to help you analyze the vulnerabilities and remediations on affected hosts. You can create a scan report in PDF, HTML, or CSV format, and customize it to contain only certain information.

When you create a scan report, it includes the results that are currently visible on your scan results page. You can also select certain hosts or vulnerabilities to specify your report.

To create a scan report:

  1. In the top navigation bar, click Scans.

    The My Scans page appears.

  2. Click a scan.

    The scan's results page appears.

  3. (Optional) To create a scan report that includes specific scan results, do the following:

    • Use search to narrow your scan results.

    • Use filters to narrow your scan results.

    • In the Hosts tab, select the check box in each row of a host you want to include in the scan report.

    • In the Vulnerabilities tab, select the check box in each row of each vulnerability or vulnerability group that you want to include in the scan report.

    Note: You can make selections in either Hosts or Vulnerabilities, but not across both tabs.

  4. In the upper-right corner, click Report.

  5. From the drop-down box, select the format in which you want to export the scan results.

  6. Configure the report for your selected format:

    1. Select the check boxes for the columns you want to appear in the CSV report.

      Tip: To select all columns, click Select All. To clear all columns, click Clear. To reset columns to the system default, click System.

    2. (Optional) To save your current configuration as the default for CSV reports, select the Save as default check box.

    3. Click Generate Report.

      Tenable Nessus creates the scan report.

    Do one of the following:

    • Create a high-level summary scan report:
      1. Select Executive Summary.

      2. Click Generate Report.

        Tenable Nessus creates the scan report.

    • (Tenable Nessus Professional only) Create a Tenable-provided report:

      1. From the drop-down box, select a report.

        For more information, see Nessus Reports.

      2. Click Generate Report.

    • Create a custom scan report:

      1. Select Custom.

      2. Configure the following settings:

        • Data — Select the scan result sections you want Tenable Nessus to include in the report: Vulnerabilities, Remediations, and Compliance (only for scans with compliance scans).
        • Group Vulnerabilities By — From the drop-down box, select whether the report groups vulnerabilities by Host or Plugin.
          • If you group by Host, select whether to include Scan Information and Host Information.

        • If your report includes Vulnerabilities, select the Vulnerabilities Details that you want to include. If a vulnerability does not have available data for the details you selected, Tenable Nessus omits it for that result.

        • Formatting Options — Select whether to Include page breaks between vulnerability results.

      3. Click Generate Report.

        Tenable Nessus creates the scan report.

    Do one of the following:

    • Create a high-level summary scan report:
      1. Select Executive Summary.

      2. Click Generate Report.

        Tenable Nessus creates the scan report.

    • (Tenable Nessus Professional only) Create a Tenable-provided report:

      1. From the drop-down box, select a report.

        For more information, see Nessus Reports.

      2. Click Generate Report.

    • Create a custom scan report:

      1. Select Custom.

      2. Configure the following settings:

        • Data — Select the scan result sections you want Tenable Nessus to include in the report: Vulnerabilities, Remediations, and Compliance (only for scans with compliance scans).
        • Group Vulnerabilities By — From the drop-down box, select whether Tenable Nessus groups vulnerabilities by Host or Plugin.
          • If you group by Host, select whether to include Scan Information and Host Information.

        • If your report includes Vulnerabilities, select the Vulnerabilities Details that you want to include. If a vulnerability does not have available data for the details you selected, Tenable Nessus omits it for that result.

      3. Click Generate Report.

        Tenable Nessus creates the scan report.