Credentials in Tenable Web App Scanning Scans

Note: You can set Credentials settings for single-target scans only. If you create a scan with more than one target, these settings are not available.

In Tenable Web App Scanning scans, you can configure credentials settings that allow Tenable Web App Scanning to perform an authenticated scan on a web application. Credentialed scans can perform a wider variety of checks than non-credentialed scans, which can result in more accurate scan results.

Scans in Tenable Web App Scanning use managed credentials. Managed credentials allow you to store credential settings centrally in a credential manager. You can then add those credential settings to multiple scan configurations instead of configuring credential settings for each individual scan.

Tenable Web App Scanning scans support credentials in the following authentication types:

Tip: If want to scan an API with the API scan template, and your API requires keys or a token for authentication, you can add the expected custom headers in the Advanced settings in the HTTP Settings section.

You can configure credentials settings in Tenable Web App Scanning scans using the following methods.

Credentials Category	Authentication Type	Configuration Method
HTTP Server Authentication	–	Use the Tenable Web App Scanning user interface to manually configure credentials settings in scans.
Web Application Authentication	Login Form
	Cookie Authentication
	API Key	Use the Tenable Web App Scanning user interface to manually configure credentials settings in scans.
	Bearer Authentication