About
The About page shows an overview of Tenable Nessus licensing and plugin information. When you access the product settings, the About page appears. By default, Tenable Nessus shows the Overview tab, which contains information about your Tenable Nessus instance, as described in the Overview table.
Note: You need the System Administrator role to configure Tenable Nessus settings. For more information, see Users.
On the Software Update tab, you can set your automatic software update preferences or manually update Tenable Nessus software.
On the Plugin Detail Locale tab, you can select the language you want plugin details to appear in.
On the Encryption Password tab, you can set an encryption password.
On the Events tab, you can view a history of Tenable Nessus system events that have occurred.
Basic users cannot view the Software Update or Encryption Password tabs. Standard users can only view the product version and basic information about the current plugin set.
To download logs, click the Download Logs button in the upper-right corner of the page. For more information, see Download Logs.
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Description |
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Nessus Professional and Nessus Expert |
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Version |
The version of your Nessus instance. |
| Licensed Domains |
(Tenable Nessus Expert only) The number of unique domains you have scanned with the attack surface discovery template over the past 90 days. Tenable Nessus Expert allows up to five licensed domains. Once you have not scanned a domain for 90 days, Tenable Nessus removes it from the Licensed Domains count. If your organization wants to purchase more domains, contact your Tenable Customer Success Manager (CSM). For more information, see Create an Attack Surface Discovery Scan with Bit Discovery. |
| Licensed URLs |
(Tenable Nessus Expert only) The number of unique URLs you have scanned with Tenable Nessus web application scanning over the past 90 days. Tenable Nessus Expert allows up to five licensed URLs. Once you have not scanned a URL for 90 days, Tenable Nessus removes it from the Licensed URLs count. If your organization wants to purchase more URLs, contact your Tenable Customer Success Manager (CSM). For more information, see Licensing. |
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Last Updated |
The date on which the plugin set was last refreshed. This date can indicate the last time that Tenable Nessus updated the plugins based on its automatic plugin update cycle or the last time you clicked the update plugins button ( |
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Expiration |
The date on which your license age outs. Note: You cannot run scans or download new plugins after your license age outs. You can still access your system and scan reports for 30 days after expiration. |
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Plugin Set |
The ID of the current plugin set. |
| Policy Template Version | The ID of the current version of the policy template set. |
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Activation Code |
The activation code for your instance of Nessus. |
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Nessus Manager |
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Version |
The version of your Nessus instance. |
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Licensed Hosts |
The number of hosts you can scan, depending on your license. |
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Licensed Scanners |
The number of scanners that you have licensed that are currently in use. |
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Licensed Agents |
The number of agents that you have licensed that are currently in use. |
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Last Updated |
The date on which the plugin set was last refreshed. |
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Expiration |
The date on which your license age outs. |
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Plugin Set |
The ID of the current plugin set. |
| Policy Template Version | The ID of the current version of the policy template set. |
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Activation Code |
The activation code for your instance of Nessus. |
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