Tenable

The Tenable app empowers security professionals to gain comprehensive visibility and actionable insights into your organization's security posture by leveraging data from the Tenable Vulnerabilities API and Audit Events API. This powerful integration allows you to proactively monitor, analyze, and respond to security vulnerabilities and audit events, helping you strengthen your cybersecurity defences and reduce risk.

Key features of the Tenable app include:

• Vulnerability Assessment. Harness the Tenable Vulnerabilities API to perform in-depth vulnerability assessments across your infrastructure. This app provides a range of security use cases for vulnerabilities, including:
  • Tracking Vulnerabilities Over Time. Monitor the evolution of vulnerabilities over time, from their initial discovery to resolution.
  • Identifying High-Severity Vulnerabilities. Quickly pinpoint and prioritize high-severity vulnerabilities that require immediate attention.
  • Identifying Affected Hosts. Easily locate hosts affected by specific vulnerabilities and streamline remediation efforts.
  • Checking for Exploitation. Detect exploit availability and malware exploitation related to vulnerabilities.
• Audit Event Monitoring. Leverage the Tenable Audit Events API to monitor and analyze critical audit events within your organization. This app delivers valuable insights, including:
  • Real-time Event Analysis. Monitor audit events in real time, allowing for rapid incident response.
  • Suspicious Activity Detection. Identify suspicious or unauthorized activities across your network and systems.
  • Compliance Reporting. Streamline compliance monitoring by tracking events relevant to regulatory requirements.
  • User Behavior Analysis. Gain visibility into user behavior patterns and potential security risks.
• Enhanced Security Posture. By combining data from the Tenable Vulnerabilities API and Audit Events API, you can strengthen your organization's security posture by proactively addressing vulnerabilities and monitoring the security incidents.
• Risk Reduction. Identify and mitigate high-severity vulnerabilities and security threats promptly, reducing the risk of security breaches.
• Efficient Remediation. Locate affected hosts and prioritize remediation efforts, streamlining the process of securing your environment.
• Compliance Assurance. Simplify compliance monitoring and reporting by tracking relevant audit events and security controls.
• Real-time Insights. Gain real-time insights into your security environment, enabling rapid incident response and threat containment.

Log types

This app uses Tenable source to collect Vulnerabilities data and Audit Events from the Tenable platform.

Sample log messages

Refer to the Tenable API documentation for Vulnerabilities data and Audit Events log messages.

Sample queries

Vulnerability Events

(_source=Tenable fqdn)
| json "asset.device_type", "asset.fqdn" ,"asset.hostname", "asset.ipv4", "asset.ipv6", "asset.last_authenticated_results", "asset.operating_system" , "output", "plugin.family" , "plugin.type" , "plugin.name", "plugin.risk_factor", "plugin.synopsis", "plugin.exploit_available" , "plugin.exploited_by_malware", "plugin.solution", "state", "scan.completed_at", "port.port", "port.protocol", "last_found" as device_type, fqdn, hostname, host_ipv4, host_ipv6, last_authenticated_scan_time, host_os, output,plugin_family, plugin_type ,plugin_name, plugin_risk_factor, plugin_synopsis, plugin_exploit_available, plugin_exploited_by_malware, plugin_solution, state, scan_completed_at, port, protocol, last_scan_time nodrop

Audit Events

_sourceCategory=Tenable
| json "description", "actor.name", "target.name", "action" as description, actor_name, target_name, action

Collection configuration and app installation

Depending on the set up collection method, you can configure and install the app in three ways:

• Create a new collector and install the app. Create a new Sumo Logic Cloud-to-Cloud (C2C) source under a new Sumo Logic Collector and later install the app; Or
• Use an existing collector and install the app. Create a new Sumo Logic Cloud-to-Cloud (C2C) source under an existing Sumo Logic Collector and later install the app; Or
• Use existing source and install the app. Use your existing configured Sumo Logic Cloud-to-Cloud (C2C) source and install the app.

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Use the Cloud-to-Cloud Integration for Tenable to create the source and use the same source category while installing the app. By following these steps, you can ensure that your Tenable app is properly integrated and configured to collect and analyze your Tenable data.

Create a new collector and install the app

To set up collection and install the app, do the following:

1. Select App Catalog.
2. In the 🔎 Search Apps field, run a search for your desired app, then select it.
3. Click Install App.
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   Sometimes this button says Add Integration.

4. In the Set Up Collection section of your respective app, select Create a new Collector.
   1. Collector Name. Enter a Name to display for the Source in the Sumo Logic web application. The description is optional.
   2. Timezone. Set the default time zone when it is not extracted from the log timestamp. Time zone settings on Sources override a Collector time zone setting.
   3. (Optional) Metadata. Click the +Add Metadata link to add custom log Metadata Fields. Define the fields you want to associate, each metadata field needs a name (key) and value.
      • A green circle with a check mark is shown when the field exists and is enabled in the Fields table schema.
      • An orange triangle with an exclamation point is shown when the field doesn't exist, or is disabled, in the Fields table schema. In this case, an option to automatically add or enable the nonexistent fields to the Fields table schema is provided. If a field is sent to Sumo that does not exist in the Fields schema or is disabled it is ignored, known as dropped.
   4. Click Next.
5. Use the new Cloud-to-Cloud Integration to configure the source.
6. In the Configure section of your respective app, complete the following fields.
   1. Key. Select either of these options for the data source.
      • Choose Source Category and select a source category from the list for Default Value.
      • Choose Custom, and enter a custom metadata field. Insert its value in Default Value.
7. Click Next. You will be redirected to the Preview & Done section.

Post-installation

Once your app is installed, it will appear in your Installed Apps folder, and dashboard panels will start to fill automatically.

Each panel slowly fills with data matching the time range query and received since the panel was created. Results will not immediately be available, but will update with full graphs and charts over time.

Use an existing collector and install the app

To setup source in the existing collector and install the app, do the following:

1. Select App Catalog.
2. In the 🔎 Search Apps field, run a search for your desired app, then select it.
3. Click Install App.
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   Sometimes this button says Add Integration.

4. In the Set Up Collection section of your respective app, select Use an existing Collector.
5. From the Select Collector dropdown, select the collector that you want to setup your source with and click Next.
6. Use the new Cloud-to-Cloud Integration to configure the source.
7. In the Configure section of your respective app, complete the following fields.
   1. Key. Select either of these options for the data source.
      • Choose Source Category and select a source category from the list for Default Value.
      • Choose Custom, and enter a custom metadata field. Insert its value in Default Value.
8. Click Next. You will be redirected to the Preview & Done section.

Post-installation

Once your app is installed, it will appear in your Installed Apps folder, and dashboard panels will start to fill automatically.

Each panel slowly fills with data matching the time range query and received since the panel was created. Results will not immediately be available, but will update with full graphs and charts over time.

Use an existing source and install the app

To skip collection and only install the app, do the following:

1. Select App Catalog.
2. In the 🔎 Search Apps field, run a search for your desired app, then select it.
3. Click Install App.
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   Sometimes this button says Add Integration.

4. In the Set Up Collection section of your respective app, select Skip this step and use existing source and click Next.
5. In the Configure section of your respective app, complete the following fields.
   1. Key. Select either of these options for the data source.
      • Choose Source Category and select a source category from the list for Default Value.
      • Choose Custom, and enter a custom metadata field. Insert its value in Default Value.
6. Click Next. You will be redirected to the Preview & Done section.

Post-installation

Once your app is installed, it will appear in your Installed Apps folder, and dashboard panels will start to fill automatically.

Each panel slowly fills with data matching the time range query and received since the panel was created. Results will not immediately be available, but will update with full graphs and charts over time.

Viewing Tenable dashboards​

All dashboards have a set of filters that you can apply to the entire dashboard. Use these filters to drill down and examine the data to a granular level.

• You can change the time range for a dashboard or panel by selecting a predefined interval from a drop-down list, choosing a recently used time range, or specifying custom dates and times. Learn more.
• You can use template variables to drill down and examine the data on a granular level. For more information, see Filtering Dashboards with Template Variables.
• Most Next-Gen apps allow you to provide the scope at the installation time and are comprised of a key (_sourceCategory by default) and a default value for this key. Based on your input, the app dashboards will be parameterized with a dashboard variable, allowing you to change the dataset queried by all panels. This eliminates the need to create multiple copies of the same dashboard with different queries.

Overview

The Tenable - Overview dashboard provides in-depth vulnerability assessments across your infrastructure.

Audit Activity

The Tenable - Audit Activity dashboard provides the user events data to monitor and analyze critical audit events within your organization using the Tenable Audit Events API.

Upgrade/Downgrade the Tenable app (Optional)

To update the app, do the following:

1. Select App Catalog.
2. In the Search Apps field, search for and then select your app.
   Optionally, you can identify apps that can be upgraded in the Upgrade available section.
3. To upgrade the app, select Upgrade from the Manage dropdown.
   1. If the upgrade does not have any configuration or property changes, you will be redirected to the Preview & Done section.
   2. If the upgrade has any configuration or property changes, you will be redirected to Setup Data page.
      1. In the Configure section of your respective app, complete the following fields.
         • Key. Select either of these options for the data source.
           • Choose Source Category and select a source category from the list for Default Value.
           • Choose Custom and enter a custom metadata field. Insert its value in Default Value.
      2. Click Next. You will be redirected to the Preview & Done section.

Post-update

Your upgraded app will be installed in the Installed Apps folder, and dashboard panels will start to fill automatically.

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See our Release Notes changelog for new updates in the app.

To revert the app to a previous version, do the following:

1. Select App Catalog.
2. In the Search Apps field, search for and then select your app.
3. To version down the app, select Revert to < previous version of your app > from the Manage dropdown.

Uninstalling the Tenable app (Optional)

To uninstall the app, do the following:

1. Select App Catalog.
2. In the 🔎 Search Apps field, run a search for your desired app, then select it.
3. Click Uninstall.