Custom Role Privilege Application

Custom Role privileges affect different areas of the Tenable One platform. The following tables describe the actions each privilege option can perform in their respective platform application.

Note: When creating a custom role, you must enable the application for use before you can select these privileges. For more information, see Create a Custom Role.

If you disable a user's access to an application:

  • Tenable removes the application from the Home page within Tenable Exposure Management.
  • All fields/tabs related to the application are disabled, including in the Inventory, Assets, and Asset Details views in Tenable Exposure Management.

Platform Custom Role Privilege Application

User Interface Section Privilege Options Actions Privilege Can Perform
Assets Read (Enabled by Default)

View your assets across the platform, including:

Findings Read (Enabled by Default)

View your findings across the platform, including:

My Account Read (Enabled by Default)

View your account details on the My Account page, including:

  • The groups to which you belong

  • The permissions assigned to your account

  • The API keys page

Manage

Manage your account details on the My Account page, including:

Access Control Read

View Access Control data, including:

Manage

Manage Access Control configurations, including:

Access Control Users

Read

View the Users page and all data therein.

Activity Log

Read

View the Activity Logs page and all data therein.

General Settings Read

View the General Settings page and all data therein.

Manage

Configure options on the General Settings page, including:

License Information Read View the License Information page and all data therein

Tenable Exposure Management Custom Role Privilege Application

User Interface Section Privilege Options Actions Privilege Can Perform
Exposure Signals Read (Enabled by Default) View the Exposure Signals page and all data therein
Write

Manage exposure signals, including:

Inventory Read (Enabled by Default)

View the Inventory page, its sub-pages, and all data therein, including:

Write

Manage data in the Inventory section, including:

  • Export data from any Inventory sub-page

  • Save bookmarks

  • Create a tag or exposure signal based off of the asset list

Analytics > Dashboards Read
Write

Manage dashboards, including:

Analytics > Exposure View Read View the Exposure View page and all data therein
Write

Manage the Exposure View page, including:

Enable Built-In Card View the Built-in Cards section of the Exposure Card Library.
Attack Path
Important! To access the Attack Path section of Tenable Exposure Management, you must enable the Can View permission for All Assets. Note that this overrides and disables the ability to enforce specific tag permissions for this user in other parts of Tenable Exposure Management. For more information, see Permissions.

Read (Enabled by Default)

Note: If a user does not have access to a specific node or asset, they can see it on the page but cannot view or access any of its details.

View the Attack Path page, its sub-pages, and all data therein, including:

Write

Manage attack techniques, including:

Tags Read (Enabled by Default)

View the Tags page and all data therein, including:

Write

Manage tags, including:

Connectors Read (Enabled by Default) View the Connectors page and all data therein
Write

Manage connectors, including:

Tenable Attack Surface Management Custom Role Privilege Application

User Interface Section Privilege Options Actions Privilege Can Perform
Business Manage

Admin Dashboard — View and manage users, inventory, and business details, including:

  • Add users

  • Edit Inventory details

  • Edit Business details

Subscriptions — View and manage Subscriptions, including:

Suggestions — View and manage Suggestions, including:

  • Add suggested domains to an inventory

  • Archive suggested domains

  • Add suggestion blocklist items

  • Add source-based suggestions

Activity Logs — View and manage Activity Logs.

TXT Records — View and manage TXT Records.

Reports — View and manage Reports, including:

  • Add, edit, or delete a report

  • Run a report

  • View report details

Cloud Connectors Manage

View and manage your cloud Integrations, including:

Inventory Manage

View and manage your inventory from the Explore > Inventory page and all data therein, including:

Tenable Vulnerability Management Custom Role Privilege Application

User Interface Section Privilege Options Actions Privilege Can Perform
Vulnerability Management
Dashboards Manage

Manage your dashboards, including:

Share Share one or more dashboards with other Tenable Vulnerability Management users.
Export Manage Own

Scheduled Exports — Manage your own scheduled exports, including:

Export Activity — Manage your own export activity, including:

Manage All Scheduled Exports — Manage all scheduled exports within your container, including:

Export Activity — Manage all export activity within your container, including:

Recast/Accept Rule Read

View the Recast page and all data therein, including:

Manage

Manage recast and accept rules, including:

Tags

Read

View the Tags page and all data therein, including:

  • Categories

  • Values

Scan
Nessus/Agent Scan Read

View scan configurations and results.

Manage

Create, edit, delete, and launch Nessus scanner or agent scans.

Submit PCI Submit a completed PCI scan to Tenable's ASV (Approved Scanning Vendor) team for validation and attestation.
Scan Exclusion

Read

View targets that are excluded from scans.

Manage Create, edit, and delete scan exclusions.
Shared Collections

Read

View shared collections.
Manage

Manage shared collections, including:

Tenable-Provided Scan Template User Select and apply a built-in Tenable scan template (for example, "Basic Network Scan") to a new scan they are creating. Users cannot modify the Tenable template itself.
User-Defined Scan Template Read View the settings of a scan template created by another user.
Manage Create, edit, and delete custom scan templates.
Managed Credential Read View and select existing managed credentials to use them in a scan. This does not let the user see the actual password or secret.
Manage Create, edit, and delete the managed credentials stored in the platform's vault.
Target Group Read View existing target groups (saved lists of assets/IPs) and select them as a target when configuring a scan.
Manage Create, edit, and delete target groups.
Sensors
Agent Read

View agents and agent groups.

This allows a user to see the list of linked agents and agent groups. They can view details like agent status and linking keys. They cannot edit agent group settings, unlink agents, or use the agent groups in a scan.

Scanner Read

View scanners and scanner groups.

This allows a user to see all linked scanners, cloud scanners, and scanner groups. They can view scanner status, version, and configuration details. They cannot edit scanner settings, delete scanners, or use the scanners in a scan.

Tenable Web App Scanning Custom Role Privilege Application

User Interface Section Privilege Options Actions Privilege Can Perform
Assets Create

Create a web application.

Web Application Scan Read

View scan configurations and results.

Manage

Manage web application scans, including:

Import Import a web application scan.
Submit PCI Submit a completed PCI scan to Tenable's ASV (Approved Scanning Vendor) team for validation and attestation.
Tenable-Provided Scan Template User Select and apply a built-in Tenable scan template (for example, "Basic Network Scan") to a new scan they are creating. Users cannot modify the Tenable template itself.
Managed Credential Read View and select existing managed credentials to use them in a scan. This does not let the user see the actual password or secret.
Manage Create, edit, and delete the managed credentials stored in the platform's vault.
Recast/Accept Rule Read

View the Recast page and all data therein, including:

Manage

Manage recast and accept rules, including:

User-Defined Scan Template Read View the settings of a scan template created by another user.
Manage Create, edit, and delete custom scan templates.