Differential Plugin Updates

The following table describes the behavior of differential plugin updates for Nessus scanners linked to Tenable.io.

Linked to	Differential Update	Full Update
Tenable.io	The scanner requests differential updates from Tenable.io once every 24 hours.	The scanner performs a full plugin update if it does not have plugins (for example, immediately after you link the scanner to Tenable.io).

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