Windows Credentials

Tenable Security Center has vulnerability checks that can use a Microsoft Windows domain account to find local information from a remote Windows host. For example, using credentials enables Tenable Security Center to determine if important security patches have been applied.

Tip: Using a non-administrator account will greatly affect the quality of the scan results. Often it makes sense to create a special Tenable Security Center user with administrative privileges that is used solely for scheduled scanning.

Configure the following options for Windows credentials, including options specific for your authentication method:

General Options Description

Name

(Required) A name for the credential.
Description A description for the credential.

Tag

A tag for the credential. For more information, see Tags.