Keys Settings

Keys allow administrator users to use key-based authentication with a remote Tenable Security Center. This also removes the need for Tenable Security Center administrators to know the administrator login or password of the remote system.

Tenable Security Center Director uses Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) keys to authenticate to other Tenable Security Center Director instances.

Note: The ECDSA public key from the local Tenable Security Center must be added to the Keys section of the Tenable Security Center from which you wish to retrieve a repository. If the keys are not added properly, the remote repository add process prompts for the root username and password of the remote host to perform a key exchange before the repository add/sync occurs.

For more information, see Add a Key, Delete a Key, and Download the Tenable Security Center Director SSH Key.