Generate a Findings Report

Required Tenable Vulnerability Management User Role: Scan Operator, Standard, Scan Manager, or Administrator

In Tenable Vulnerability Management, on the Findings workbench, you can generate a report to PDF from a template. You can schedule this report and email it.

Note: You cannot generate a report for more than 10,000 findings. When you select more than that number of findings and generate a report, an error appears.

Note: You can only generate reports for vulnerabilities findings, not other finding types.

To generate a report:

  1. In the upper-left corner, click the Menu button.

    The left navigation plane appears.

  2. In the left navigation plane, under Explore, click Findings.

    The Findings workbench appears with the Vulnerabilities tab displayed.

  3. (Optional) Refine the list of findings, as described in Use Filters.

    Note: You can apply a maximum of 5 filters to a report.

  4. Select the check box or check boxes next to the findings to report on.

    Tip: Select the check box at the top of the list to select all findings.

    The action bar appears.

  5. In the action bar, click Generate Report.

    The Generate Report plane appears. It contains the following options:

    Option Description

    Name

    		(Optional) Type a custom name for the report.
    Templates

    Select a template for the report. Choose from the following templates:

    • Host Findings Executive Summary Report — Summarizes severity levels for the vulnerabilities you are reporting on, as well as the criticality, last scan time, and port count of the associated assets.

    • Host Findings Vulnerability Details by Plugin — Details the vulnerabilities you are reporting on by plugin.

    • Host Findings Vulnerability Details by Asset — Details associated assets for the vulnerabilities you are reporting on.

    Schedule

    Turn on the Schedule toggle to schedule the report:

    1. In the Start Date and Time section, choose the date and time when the report will run.
    2. In the Time Zone drop-down, choose a time zone.
    3. In the Repeat drop-down, choose the cadence on which you want the report to repeat (for example, daily).
    4. In the Repeat Ends drop-down, choose the date when the report will stop running.
    Add Recipients

    (Optional) Type the emails where you want Tenable Vulnerability Management to send the finished report.
    Password Protection (Optional) Enable this toggle to password-protect your report with AES 128-bit encryption. In the Encryption Password field, type a password to provide to the recipients.

  6. Click Generate Report.

    A confirmation message appears and Tenable Vulnerability Management starts to build the report. Click the link in the message to view the report. Or, go to the Act > Reports > Report Results page.