Add an Agent Synchronization Job

Required User Role: Organizational user with appropriate permissions. For more information, see User Roles.

For more information about agent synchronization jobs, see Agent Synchronization Jobs. For more information about agent synchronization job options, see Agent Synchronization Job Settings.

Before you begin:

  • Confirm you understand the complete agent scanning configuration process, as described in Agent Scanning.

To add an agent synchronization job:

  1. Log in to Tenable Security Center via the user interface.

  2. In the top navigation bar, click Scans > Agent Synchronization Jobs.

    The Agent Synchronization Jobs page appears.

  3. At the top of the table, click Add.

    The Add Agent Synchronization Job page appears.

  4. Click General.

  5. Type a Name for the agent synchronization job.

  6. (Optional) Type a Description for the agent synchronization job.

  7. Select an Agent Scanner.

  8. Type an Agent Scan Name Filter.

  9. (Optional) If you want to limit the scan results fetched by Tenable Security Center, enable Scan Result Threshold and select a date and time to specify the oldest scan results you want Tenable Security Center to fetch.

  10. (Optional) Select a Schedule for the agent synchronization job.

  11. Click Settings.

  12. Select an Import Repository for the agent synchronization job.

  13. (Optional) Click Post Scan.

    • If you want to configure automatic report generation, click Add Report. For more information, see Add a Report to a Scan.

    • If you previously added an email address to your account profile and you want to configure email notifications, enable or disable E-Mail Me on Launch or E-Mail Me on Completion.

  14. Click Submit.

    Tenable Security Center saves your configuration.

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