Add a Permission Configuration to a User or Group

Required User Role: Administrator

Before you begin:

• Create a user or group for your Tenable Vulnerability Management account.

• Create a permission configuration.

To add a permission configuration to a user or group:

1. In the left navigation, click Settings.

   The Settings page appears.

2. Click the Access Control tile.

   The Access Control page appears. On this page, you can control user and group access to resources in your Tenable Vulnerability Management account.

3. Do one of the following:

   • Add a permission configuration to a user:

     1. Click the Users tab.

        The Users tab appears. This tab contains a list of all the users on your Tenable Vulnerability Management instance.

     2. In the users table, click the user to which you want to add a permission configuration.

        The Edit User page appears.

     3. In the Permissions section, at the top of the table, click Add Permissions.

        The Add Permissions window appears.

     4. Select the check box next to one or more permission configurations.

     5. Click Add.

        The permission configuration appears in the Permissions table on the Edit User page.

   • Add a permission configuration to a user group:

     1. Click the Groups tab.

        The Groups tab appears. This tab contains a list of all the user groups on your Tenable Vulnerability Management instance.

     2. In the groups table, click the group to which you want to add a permission configuration.

        The Edit User Group page appears.

     3. In the Permissions section, at the top of the table, click Add Permissions.

        The Add Permissions window appears.

     4. Select the check box next to one or more permission configurations.

     5. Click Add.

        The permission configuration appears in the Permissions table on the Edit User Group page.

4. Click Save.

   Tenable Vulnerability Management saves your changes and adds the permission configuration to the user or group.