Nessus

Record your Nessus connection as vulnerability scanning evidence. Automated collection is not available for this provider yet.

Connect with an API token

1. In Nessus:

   1. In Tenable Nessus, in the top navigation bar, click Settings. The About page appears.
   2. In the left navigation bar, click My Account, then click the API Keys tab.
   3. Click Generate, then click Generate again in the confirmation dialog.
   4. Copy the new API key that appears.

   Where to find the other values:

   • Base URL (optional): Your Nessus host and port, https://<Tenable Nessus host>:<port> (the API docs are at /api#/overview on the same host).

   Source: docs.tenable.com, checked 2026-10-07.

2. On Compliance › Connectors, open Nessus, click Connect, choose API token and fill in:

   Field	What to enter
   API token / Personal access token	Required. Stored encrypted and never shown again.
   Base URL (optional)	—
   Account / Org / Workspace (optional)	—

3. Click Connect with token.

Frameworks

Nessus publishes no API for what these tests check, so its evidence is an attestation: connect it to record the connection, then attest the result. An accepted attestation counts toward each control below.

These tests are switched on per workspace by the Safeguard team.

Related

• Vulnerability Scanning connectors
• Compliance connectors: how connecting works, card statuses and multiple accounts
• Connector setup reference: every connector in one table
• Frameworks and connectors: how connectors provide evidence for frameworks