Tenable Scan Launcher: Our First Open Source Tool

Launching internal security scans using OpenVAS or Tenable can be painful to get correct. Both OpenVAS and Tenable require navigating a myriad of menus and pasting a list of IPs to start a scan. Both options have the ability to cache the list of IPs and schedule scans, but in the world of cloud environments and constantly changing servers, the saved lists of IP addresses become outdated rather quickly. We felt that pain and decided to create an automated solution. Instead of having to remember to update the list of internal IPs for each scan, you can run the tenable-scan-launcher…