Nessus Agents are lightweight, low-footprint programs that you install locally on hosts to supplement traditional network-based scanning or to provide visibility into gaps that are missed by traditional scanning. Nessus Agents collect vulnerability, compliance, and system data, and report that information back to Tenable.io for analysis.
Use the API to list available agents, get agent details, and delete agents.
For background information about managing agents, see Tenable.io Vulnerability Management User Guide.