Host Audits

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

On the Findings workbench, click the Host Audits tab to view your host audit findings. Host audits assess workstations, services, or network devices in order to evaluate the configuration, hardening, and security controls applied to a target. View specific host audit findings to identify issues to remediate.

The Host Audits tab contains a table with the following columns. To show or hide columns, see Customize Explore Tables.

Column Description
Audit Check Name

The name of the compliance check the scanner performed on the affected asset.

Audit File

The name of the audit file the scanner used to perform the compliance check.

Result

The outcome of the compliance check.

Plugin Name

The name of the plugin that identified the compliance check finding.

Asset ID

The UUID of the asset where a scan detected the finding. This value is unique to Tenable Vulnerability Management.

Asset Name

The name of the asset. This value is unique to Tenable Vulnerability Management.

Asset Tags

Tags applied to the asset.

State

The state of the compliance check finding.

Last Audited

The date and time when a scan last performed the compliance check on the asset.

Control ID

The UUID of the control instance applied on the system that hosts the impacted asset. This value is unique to Tenable Vulnerability Management.

Actions

In this column, click the button to view a drop-down where you can: