Remediation Goal Details

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

The Goal Details page for remediations shows a detailed view of your remediation goals, including the vulnerability findings specified in the remediation goal configuration, the goal due date, and the goal result.

View Remediation Goal Details

To view remediation goal details:

  1. In the left navigation, click Remediation > Remediation Goals.

  2. In the Remediation Goals table, click any row for which you want to view the details.

    The Goal Details page appears.

Remediation Goal Details

The Goal Details page shows the following details about your remediation goal:

Section Description
Goal Information

The type, start date, due date and result of the remediation goal.
Measure of Success The filters assigned for findings. If the number of instances that match the filter is zero, it indicates that the remediation goal is a success.
Findings

This section includes a table that lists all of your findings related to the remediation goal. In this table, you can view the following information:

  • Severity — The vulnerability's CVSS-based severity. For more information, see CVSS vs. VPR.

  • Name — The name of the remediation finding.

  • Plugin ID — The ID of the plugin that identified the vulnerability.

  • Port — The port that the scanner used to connect to the asset where the scan detected the vulnerability.

  • Protocol — The protocol the scanner used to communicate with the asset where the scan detected the vulnerability.

  • VPR — The VPR Tenable calculated for the vulnerability.

  • State — The state of the vulnerability. For more information, see Vulnerability States.

  • Last Updated — Filter on the date that the asset was last observed by any successful scan, including vulnerability scans, configuration scans, and discovery scans. This value can also be the date that the asset was imported into Tenable Vulnerability Management.

  • Asset Name — The asset identifier. A unique identifier that Tenable assigns based on the availability of the following attributes: Agent Name, Local hostname, NetBIOS Name, DNS (FQDN) (Fully Qualified Domain Name), IPv4 Address, and IPv6 Address.

  • Asset Tags — Tags applied to the asset.

In the Findings table you can also: 

  • Refine the table data.

  • View your vulnerability details on the Findings page.

  • Export one or more findings:

    1. Select the check box next to the Finding(s) you want to export.

      The action bar appears at the top of the table.

    2. In the action bar, click Export. For more information on configuring the export, see Export Remediation Goals.
Progress

The overall progress of the remediation goal. You can view the following information in this section:

Note: These parameters are applicable only for goals that have a fixed due date (Static goals). For dynamic remediation goals, Tenable Vulnerability Management does not show the progress pane.

  • Created on — The date and time on which the remediation goal is created.

  • Remediated — The number of remediated findings.

  • Resurfaced — The number of findings that have reappeared after remediation.