Tenable Best Practice Audits Being Retired

Summary

With the release of alternative guidance by CIS, DISA and product vendors or the End of Life (EOL) for some products, a number of Tenable Best Practice audits are being retired. Where applicable, a suggested replacement audit has been noted.

Removed Tenable Audits

• Tenable AWS Best Practice Audit 1.0.0
  • Replacement: CIS Amazon Web Services Foundations audits
• TNS PostgreSQL 9.1 Best Practices DB 1.0.0
• TNS PostgreSQL 9.1 Best Practices Unix OS 1.0.0
• TNS PostgreSQL 9.1 Best Practices Windows OS 1.0.0
• TNS PostgreSQL 9.6 Best Practices DB 1.0.0
  • Replacement: CIS PostgreSQL 9.6 audits
• TNS PostgreSQL 9.6 Best Practices Unix OS 1.0.0
  • Replacement: CIS PostgreSQL 9.6 audits
• TNS PostgreSQL 9.6 Best Practices Windows OS 1.0.0
• AirWatch - TNS MDM Best Practices Audit v1.1.0
  • Replacement: CIS IOS and Android audits
• Apple Profile Manager - TNS Best Practices Audit v1.1.0
• MobileIron - TNS MDM Best Practices Audit v1.1.0
  • Replacement: CIS IOS and Android audits
• TNS MongoDB 2.4 Best Practices Linux OS Audit v1.0.0
• TNS MongoDB 2.4 Best Practices Windows OS Audit v1.0.0
• TNS MongoDB 2.x Best Practices Database Audit v1.0.0
• TNS MongoDB 2.6 Best Practices Linux OS Audit v1.0.0
• TNS MongoDB 2.6 Best Practices Windows OS Audit v1.0
• TNS Palo Alto PAN-OS Best Practices v1.0.0
  • Replacement: CIS Palo Alto Firewall Audits
• TNS VMWare vSphere Best Practices v1.0.0
  • Replacement: CIS VMWare ESXi audits

Target Release Date

10 Jan 2020

Additional Notes:

As with any new audit or significant update the items tested may vary and the results of a scan could be very different. We urge customers to always review and understand the contents of any new audit files before they are implemented in a scan. 

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