Configuring Nessus for PAS

To configure Nessus for Delinea PAS, perform the following steps:

• To Configure the Nessus Manager with Privileged Access Service for Windows

• Configuring Nessus for PAS

Requirements

• Nessus Manager account.

• Delinea Privileged Access Service account.

• Required User Role: Standard, Administrator, or System Administrator.

To Configure the Nessus Manager with Privileged Access Service for Windows

To configure Nessus Manager with Delinea PAS using Windows credentials, complete the following steps:

1. Log into Nessus Manager. Click Scans. The My Scans page appears.

2. Click New Scan. The Scan Templates page appears:

3. Select a scan template. The selected scan template Settings page appears.

4. In the Name field, enter a name for the scan.

5. In the Targets field, enter an IP address, hostname, or range of IP addresses.

6. (Optional) Add a description, folder location, scanner location, and specify target groups.

7. Click the Credentials tab. The Credentials options appear. By default, the Categories drop-down box displays Host.

8. In the left menu, select Windows. The Windows settings appear.

9. In the Windows settings, click the Authentication method drop-down box. The Authentication method drop-down box options appear.

   

10. Select Delinea. The Delinea options appear.

11. Configure the Windows credentials.

    Option	Default Value
    Delinea Host	(Required) The Delinea IP address or DNS address. Note: If your Delinea installation is in a subdirectory, you must include the subdirectory path. For example, type IP address or hostname/sub- directory path.
    Delinea Port	The port on which Delinea listens.
    API User	(Required) The API user provided by Delinea.
    API Key	(Required) The API key provided by Delinea.
    Tenant	The name of a specified team in a multi-team environment.
    Authentication URL	The URL Nessus Manager uses to access Delinea.
    Password Engine URL	The name of a specified team in a multi-team environment.
    Username	(Required) The username to log in to the hosts you want to scan.
    Checkout Duration	The length of time, in minutes, that you want to keep credentials checked out in Delinea. Configure the Checkout Duration to exceed the typical duration of your Nessus Manager scans. If a password from a previous scan is still checked out when a new scan begins, the new scan fails. Note: Configure the password change interval in Delinea so that password changes do not disrupt your Nessus Manager scans. If Delinea changes a password during a scan, the scan fails.
    Use SSL	If enabled, Nessus Manager uses SSL through IIS for secure communications. You must configure SSL through IIS in Delinea before enabling this option.
    Verify SSL	If enabled, Nessus Manager validates the SSL certificate. You must con- figure SSL through IIS in Delinea before enabling this option.

12. Click Save. The credential saves and the My Scans page appears.

    To verify the integration is working:

13. On the My Scans page, click Launch to initiate an on-demand scan.

14. Once the scan completes, select the completed scan and look for the following message - Microsoft Windows SMB Log In Possible: 10394. This result validates that authentication was successful.

Configuring Nessus for Delinea PAS (SSH)

Perform the following steps to configure Nessus with Delinea PAS using SSH.

Requirements

• Nessus Manager account.

• Delinea PAS account.

• Required User Role: Standard, Administrator, or System administrator.

To integrate Nessus with Privileged Access Service using SSH credentials:

1. Log into Nessus Manager. Click Scans. The MyScans page appears.

2. Click + New Scan. The Scan Templates page appears:

3. Select a scan template. The selected scan template Settings page appears.

4. In the Name field, type a name for the scan.

5. In the Targets field, type an IP address, hostname, or range of IP addresses.

6. (Optional) Add a description, folder location, scanner location, and specify target groups.

7. Click the Credentials tab. The Credentials options appear. By default, the Categories drop-down box displays Host.

8. In the left menu, select SSH. The SSH settings appear.

9. In the SSH settings, click the Authentication method drop-down box. The Authentication method drop-down box options appear.

10. Select Delinea. The Delinea options appear.

11. Configure the SSH credentials.

Option	Default Value
Delinea Host	(Required) The Delinea IP address or DNS address. Note: If your Delinea installation is in a subdirectory, you must include the subdirectory path. For example, type IP address or hostname/sub- directory path.
Delinea Port	The port on which Delinea listens.
API User	(Required) The API user provided by Delinea.
API Key	(Required) The API key provided by Delinea.
Tenant	The name of a specified team in a multi-team environment.
Authentication URL	The URL Nessus Manager uses to access Delinea.
Password Engine URL	The name of a specified team in a multi-team environment.
Username	(Required) The username to log in to the hosts you want to scan.
Checkout Duration	The length of time, in minutes, that you want to keep credentials checked out in Delinea. Configure the Checkout Duration to exceed the typical duration of your Nessus Manager scans. If a password from a previous scan is still checked out when a new scan begins, the new scan fails. Note: Configure the password change interval in Delinea so that password changes do not disrupt your Nessus Manager scans. If Delinea changes a password during a scan, the scan fails.
Use SSL	If enabled, Nessus Manager uses SSL through IIS for secure communications. You must configure SSL through IIS in Delinea before enabling this option.
Verify SSL	If enabled, Nessus Manager validates the SSL certificate. You must con- figure SSL through IIS in Delinea before enabling this option.

12. Click Save.

To verify the integration is working:

13. On the My Scans page, click Launch to initiate an on-demand scan.

14. Once the scan completes, select the completed scan and look for Plugin ID 97993 and the corresponding message - It was possible to log into the remotehost via SSH using 'password' authentication. This result validates that authentication was successful.