# Tenable **Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/tenable/ **Website:** https://www.tenable.com **APIs profiled:** 107 Tenable is a cybersecurity and exposure-management company, maker of Nessus and the Tenable One platform, providing vulnerability management, web application scanning, cloud security, identity exposure, attack surface management and OT security. Its developer platform (developer.tenable.com) exposes eight OpenAPI 3 REST APIs on cloud.tenable.com covering Vulnerability Management, Web App Scanning, Exposure Management, Platform & Settings, PCI ASV, MSSP, Identity Exposure and Downloads, all authenticated with X-ApiKeys access/secret keys, plus the official pyTenable SDK and a Tenable-hosted Hexa AI MCP server. ## Kin Score — 56.5 / 100 (strong) Scored 2026-08-17 under rubric 0.11.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 56.5). | Facet | Score | |---|---| | Discoverability | 72.2 | | Contract Quality | 59.2 | | Governance | 11.5 | | Operational Transparency | 55.3 | | Developer Ergonomics | 69.0 | | Commercial Clarity | 60.5 | ## Agent readiness — 52.9 (agent-ready) | Dimension | Value | |---|---| | Spec Presence | yes | | Agentic Access | derived | | MCP Server | yes | | Auth Clarity | yes | | Idempotency | no | | Error Semantics | verified | | OpenAPI Examples | verified | | Rate Limit Signal | no | | Event Surface Described | no | | Agent Skills | derived | | Well Known Catalog | no | | Consent Identity | no | | Agent Card | no | | Dry Run Mode | no | ## Access Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: medium). ## APIs (107) - **Tenable About API** — Provide general information on Eridanis - **Tenable Access Control (API) API** — The Access Control (API) API from Tenable — 1 operation(s) for access control (api). - **Tenable Access Control (Groups) API** — The Access Control (Groups) API from Tenable — 4 operation(s) for access control (groups). - **Tenable Access Control (Permissions) API** — The Access Control (Permissions) API from Tenable — 5 operation(s) for access control (permissions). - **Tenable Access Control (Roles) API** — The Access Control (Roles) API from Tenable — 3 operation(s) for access control (roles). - **Tenable Access Control (Users) API** — The Access Control (Users) API from Tenable — 10 operation(s) for access control (users). - **Tenable Access Groups v1 API** — The Access Groups v1 API from Tenable — 4 operation(s) for access groups v1. - **Tenable Access Groups v2 API** — The Access Groups v2 API from Tenable — 4 operation(s) for access groups v2. - **Tenable Account Groups API** — The Tenable Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) Portal API provides a secure and accessible way for MSSP administrators to manage and maintain multiple customer instances o... - **Tenable Accounts API** — The Tenable Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) Portal API provides a secure and accessible way for MSSP administrators to manage and maintain multiple customer instances o... - **Tenable Activity Log API** — The Activity Log API from Tenable — 1 operation(s) for activity log. - **Tenable AD object API** — Representation of an Active Directory Object - **Tenable Agent Config API** — The Agent Config API from Tenable — 1 operation(s) for agent config. - **Tenable Agent Exclusions API** — The Agent Exclusions API from Tenable — 2 operation(s) for agent exclusions. - **Tenable Agent Groups API** — The Agent Groups API from Tenable — 3 operation(s) for agent groups. - **Tenable Agent Tasks API** — The Agent Tasks API from Tenable — 10 operation(s) for agent tasks. - **Tenable Agents API** — The Agents API from Tenable — 4 operation(s) for agents. - **Tenable Alert API** — New deviances alert - **Tenable API key API** — Token to programmatically access Eridanis - **Tenable Application setting API** — Tenable.ad global configuration - **Tenable Applications API** — With the WAS Applications API, you can create web application assets. For more information, see the [Targets](https://docs.tenable.com/web-app-scanning/Content/WAS/Scans/BasicSe... - **Tenable Asset Attributes API** — The Asset Attributes API from Tenable — 4 operation(s) for asset attributes. - **Tenable Assets API** — The Assets API from Tenable — 8 operation(s) for assets. - **Tenable Attachments API** — With the Attachments API, you can download auxiliary files generated by plugins during a scan. These attachments provide forensic evidence and deeper context for identified vuln... - **Tenable Attack API** — Attacks as detected by Tenable.ad - **Tenable Attack Path API** — The Tenable Attack Path API enables users to retrieve details about attack path findings and attack path vectors. A Finding is an attack technique that exists in one or more att... - **Tenable Attack Path Exports API** — The Tenable Attack Path Exports API enables users to export top attack paths, attack technique data, and MITRE ATT&CK heatmap data in JSON or CSV format. MITRE heatmap exports i... - **Tenable Attack type API** — Attack types - **Tenable Attack type configuration API** — The attack type per directory configuration - **Tenable Attack type option API** — Security profile options relative to attack types (Indicator of Attacks) - **Tenable Attestations API** — After you submit a scan to Tenable for ASV review, you can use the Tenable PCI ASV API to retrieve a list of your attestations and see your current attestation request status. F... - **Tenable Category API** — A checker's category - **Tenable Checker API** — Checkers are the implementations of the state of the art of AD security - **Tenable Checker option API** — Security profile options relative to checkers (Indicator of Exposure) - **Tenable Child Containers API** — The Tenable Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) Portal API provides a secure and accessible way for MSSP administrators to manage and maintain multiple customer instances o... - **Tenable Cloud Connectors API** — The Cloud Connectors API from Tenable — 6 operation(s) for cloud connectors. - **Tenable Cloud statistics API** — Attributes sent to tenable cloud statistics - **Tenable Configurations API** — With the Configurations API, you can create and maintain reusable scan settings. These endpoints allow you to perform standard CRUD operations on configuration objects to standa... - **Tenable Credentials API** — The Credentials API from Tenable — 4 operation(s) for credentials. - **Tenable Dashboard API** — A widget container - …and 67 more, listed in full on the page. ## MCP servers (1) - **tenable-mcp.yml** ## Agentic access (1) - **Tenable Agentic Access** — 553 operations · 272 acting · 29 human-in-the-loop ## Security (4) - **Tenable Authentication** — apiKey · 3 schemes - **Tenable Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC - **Tenable Vulnerability Disclosure** — Hackerone · security.txt · contact published - **Tenable Trust Center** — SOC 2, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, FedRAMP (Tenable One VM + Web App Scanning, ATO 2021), StateRAMP (Tenable One VM, Authorized), CSA STAR, NIAP (Security Center, Nessus Manager, Nessus... ## Tags Company, Enterprise, Cybersecurity, Vulnerability Management, Exposure Management, Security, Cloud Security, Attack Surface Management --- Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/tenable/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.