Integration Status Plugin Support for Windows Server Update Services

Summary

Tenable is announcing the release of Integration Status Plugin support for Windows Server Update Services. The purpose of this additional functionality is to provide users with helpful information regarding the success or failure when using Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) with a managed system. This gives users a simple way to check on the status of the integration success without having to enable plugin debugging on a per-host basis. Additionally, it improves scan review and performance. In the event that integration status failed, the user can enable plugin debugging, re-scan, and review logs associated with a particular integration for more detail.

Scope

The integration status plugin will check to confirm that the configured credential can authenticate to the WSUS server. Then the plugin will check to ensure that it can use that credential to gather information about the configured target. If there is a problem with the WSUS server or specified target(s) then the integration status plugin will report the error and guide the user where to gather more debug information. Additionally a small bug was fixed to lessen the chance of false negative reporting where the server can be reached but the debug logs report an error.

Impact

There is no impact to existing scans. If users encounter issues, please open a ticket with Technical Support.

Release Date

September 23rd, 2024