Change Your Password

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

Required Tenable Web App Scanning User Role: Basic, Scan Operator, Standard, Scan Manager, or Administrator

You can change the password for your own account as any type of user. The method of changing your password varies slightly based on the role assigned to your user account.

To change another user's password, see Change Another User's Password.

To change your password:

  1. Do one of the following:
    • In the upper-left corner, click the Menu button.

      The left navigation plane appears.

      1. In the left navigation plane, click Settings.

        The Settings page appears.

      2. Click the My Account tile.

        The My Account page appears, where you can view and update your account details.

    • In the upper-right corner, click the blue user circle.

      The user account menu appears.

      1. Click My Profile.

        The My Account page appears.

  2. In the Current Password box, type your current password.
  3. In the New Password box, type a new password. See Tenable Vulnerability Management Password Requirements for more information.

  4. Click the Save button.

    Tenable Vulnerability Management saves the new password and terminates any currently active sessions for your account. Tenable Vulnerability Management then prompts you to re-authenticate.

  5. Log in to Tenable Vulnerability Management using your new password.