Create a New Remediation Project From Findings

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

To create a new remediation project:

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

    The left navigation plane appears.

  2. In the left navigation plane, in the Explore section, click Findings.

    The Findings page appears, showing a table that lists your findings. By default, the Vulnerabilities tab is active.

  3. To create a remediation project, do one of the following:

    Note: The Create Remediation Project option is available when you have three or less than three selected filters. If you select more than three filters, Tenable Vulnerability Management does not show the Create Remediation Project option.
    Create Action
    Remediation project for a single finding
    1. Do one of the following:

      • Right-click the row of the finding for which you want to create the remediation project.

        The action options appear next to your cursor.

      • Select the check box for the finding for which you want to create the remediation project.

        In the action bar, Tenable Vulnerability Management enables More > Create Remediation Project.

      • In the Actions column, click the button in the row for which you want to create the remediation project.

        The action button appears in the row.

    1. Click Create Remediation Project.

    Remediation project for multiple findings
    1. Select the check box for the findings for which you want to create the remediation project.

      In the action bar, Tenable Vulnerability Management enables Create Remediation Project.

    2. Click Create Remediation Project.

  4. The Create a Remediation Project page appears.

    On the left side of the page, you can select from the following and click Next after each selection:

    Option Action
    Name
    • In the Project Name box, type a name for the project.

    • (Optional) In the Description box, type a description for the remediation project.

    Scope

    In the Findings Filters section, the following filters are selected by default. You can modify the existing filters or add new filters to the list with AND and OR options.

    • Asset ID: is equal to <asset ID>

    • Plugin ID: is equal to <plugin ID

    • Filters selected on the Findings page

    Tip: Tenable Vulnerability Management shows the findings count based on the filters in the Scope.

    For each filter you want to use to specify the project scope, do the following:

    1. Under Findings Filters, click Select Filters.

      The Select Filters drop-down box appears.

    2. Click the filter you want to apply.

      The filter appears in the Finding Filters box.

    3. In the filter, click the ˅ button.

      A list of filter value and operator options appears.

    4. In the first drop-down box, select the operator you want to apply to the filter.

    5. In the second drop-down box, select one or more values to apply to the filter.

    6. Select Match All from the drop-down box. By default, Tenable Vulnerability Management sets the filter to Match All.

    Assign In the Select Users or User Groups drop-down box, select the users or groups to which you want to assign the remediation project.
    Schedule
    • In the Start Date box, select the date on which you want the assigned users and groups to be in the remediation project.

    • In the Due Date section, select one of the following:

      • Within number of days — The number of days within which the project must be complete.

      • By fixed date — The date by when you must complete the project.

  5. Click Save.

    Tenable Vulnerability Management creates the remediation project.

    Note: Remediation projects do not automatically close even if all the tasks are complete or if the projects reach their due date. You have to close the project manually by changing the project status to Closed once it is complete.