Welcome to Tenable Core + Tenable Security Center

Last updated: April 08, 2025

You can use the Tenable Core operating system to run an instance of Tenable Security Center in your environment. After you deploy Tenable Core + Tenable Security Center, you can monitor and manage your Tenable Security Center processes through the secure Tenable Core platform.

To get started quickly with Tenable Core + Tenable Security Center, see Get Started.

Features

• Secure, stable platform that reduces the time to your first scan.
• Provides automatic application installation and updates via Tenable public repositories.
• Built on Oracle Linux 8.
• Targets Center for Internet Security (CIS) standards for Oracle Linux 8 with SELinux enabled. For more information, see Default Security Configuration Standards.
• Root access is enabled on all builds.

Other Tenable Core Application Configurations

To run a different Tenable application on Tenable Core, see:

• Tenable Core + Tenable Nessus
• Tenable Core + Tenable Nessus Network Monitor
• Tenable Core + Tenable OT Security
• Tenable Core + Tenable OT Security Sensor
• Tenable Core + Tenable Sensor Proxy
• Tenable Core + Tenable Web App Scanning

Note: Tenable does not recommend deploying multiple applications on a single instance of Tenable Core. If you want to deploy several applications on Tenable Core, deploy a unique instance for each application.

Tenable Core Operating System Version Support

To see which versions of the products are currently available on each operating system version of Tenable Core, see the Versions page.