Overview
Tenable Security Center is a vulnerability management platform, built on Nessus technology, which gathers and evaluates vulnerability data across multiple Nessus® scanners distributed across your enterprise. Utilizing advanced analytics, customizable dashboards/reports and workflows to identify weaknesses on your network. Tenable Core is the virtual appliance platform we use as the base for many of our applications. Tenable Core is a customized version of Oracle Linux 8. It has these major features:
- Security-Enhanced Linux Enabled (see https://selinuxproject.org/ )
- Pre-configured using CIS Level 1 standards (see (https://docs.tenable.com/tenablecore/SecurityCenter/Content/TenableCore/DefaultSecurityConfigurations.htm for specific implementation)
- A GUI for configuration of a number of application and OS features
Highlights
- Tenable Security Center consolidates and evaluates vulnerability data from across your entire IT infrastructure, illustrates vulnerability trends over time, and assesses risk with actionable context for effective remediation prioritization.
Details
Pricing
Additional AWS infrastructure costs
Type | Cost |
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EBS General Purpose SSD (gp2) volumes | $0.10/per GB/month of provisioned storage |
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No refunds.
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Delivery details
64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
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Usage instructions
Before you begin: Confirm your environment will support your intended use of the instance, as described in License and System Requirements. Confirm your internet and port access will support your intended use of the instance, as described in Access Requirements.
To deploy a Tenable Core virtual machine in AWS:
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Log in to AWS. For more information, see the AWS Documentation.
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Navigate to the Amazon Marketplace.
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In the Amazon Marketplace search bar, type Tenable Core + Tenable.sc.
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Click the result for Tenable Core + Tenable.sc. The product overview page appears.
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Click Continue to Subscribe. Either a terms and conditions window or the basic configurations page appears. If the terms and conditions window appears, click Accept Terms. Click Continue to Configuration. The basic configurations page appears.
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Select the region where you want to operate your virtual machine. AWS preselects fulfillment and software versions for the AMI based on your region.
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Click Continue to Launch. The launch options page appears.
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In the Choose Action drop-down box, select one of the following:
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Launch from Website: Continue deploying in a simplified launch page with limited configuration options. For more information, see Deploy Tenable Core in AWS with Limited Options.
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Launch through EC2: Continue deploying in an advanced launch instance wizard with complete configuration options, including options for cloud-init. For more information, see Deploy Tenable Core in AWS with Advanced Options.
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Type ec2-user as your username to connect to Tenable Core in your SSH client
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To create a password for the Initial Administrator User Account here are the detailed instructions: https://docs.tenable.com/tenable-core/sensor-proxy/Content/TenableCore/CreateAdminUserPassword.htm
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