Disable API Key Authentication

Required Tenable Security Center User Role: Administrator or organizational user with appropriate permissions. For more information, see User Roles.

Caution: Disabling API keys prevents users from authenticating API requests with API keys. Disabling API keys does not delete existing API keys. If you re-enable API keys, Tenable Security Center reauthorizes any API keys they were active before you disabled API key authentication.

For more information, see API Key Authentication.

To disable API key authentication:

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

  2. In the left navigation, click System > Configuration.

    The Configuration page appears.

  3. Click the Security tile.

    The Security Configuration page appears.

  4. In the Authentication Settings section, click Allow API Keys to disable the toggle.

  5. Click Submit.

    Tenable Security Center Director saves your configuration.