Contents x
    Nessus - Delete Account
    • 30 Jun 2024
    • 2 Minutes to read
    • Print
    • Dark
      Light
    • PDF
    Contents

    Nessus - Delete Account

    • Updated on 30 Jun 2024
    • 2 Minutes to read
    • Print
    • Dark
      Light
    • PDF
    Article summary

    Nessus - Delete Account deletes a user account from an existing Tenable Nessus group for users that match the parameters of the selected saved query, and match the Enforcement Action Conditions, if defined or assets selected on the relevant asset page.

    See Creating Enforcement Sets to learn more about adding Enforcement Actions to Enforcement Sets.

    General Settings

    • Enforcement Set name (required) - The name of the Enforcement Set. A default value is added by Axonius. You can change the name according to your needs.
    • Add description - Add a description of the Enforcement Set. It is recommended to describe what the Enforcement Set does.
    • Run action on assets matching following query (required) - Select an asset category and a query. The Enforcement Action will be run on the assets that match the query parameters.
    • Action name (required) - The name of the Main action. A default value is added by Axonius. You can change the name according to your needs.
    • Configure Dynamic Values - Toggle on to enter a Dynamic Value statement. See Creating Enforcement Action Dynamic Value Statements to learn more about Dynamic Value statement syntax.

    • Use stored credentials from the Tenable Nessus adapter - Select this option to use the the first connected Nessus adapter credentials.
      NOTE
      To use this option, you must successfully configure a Tenable Nessus adapter connection.

    Required Fields

    These fields must be configured to run the Enforcement Set.

    Additional Fields

    These fields are optional.

    Connection Parameters

    If Use stored credentials from the Tenable Nessus Adapter is disabled, these fields are required:

    • Host Address - The address of the Nessus host.
    • Port - The port to use to connect to the Nessus host.
    • User Name and Password - The credentials for a user account that has the required permissions to add IP addresses.
    • Access API key and Secret API key - These values must be created in the Tenable.io console. To generate an API key in the Tenable.io console, see Generate an API Key (Tenable Nessus 10.7).

    • Verify SSL - Select whether to verify the SSL certificate of the server against the CA database inside of Axonius. For more details, see SSL Trust & CA Settings.

    APIs

    Axonius uses the pyTenable 1.4.22 documentation API.

    Required Ports

    Axonius must be able to communicate with the values supplied in Connection Parameters via the following ports:

    • 80
    • 443

    Required Permissions

    The values supplied in Connection Parameters above must have permission to write.

    For more details about other Enforcement Actions available, see Action Library.

    Was this article helpful?
    What's Next