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Overview of Nessus Interface and Navigation

  1. Installing the Nessus Server and License
  2. Checking and updating plugins
  3. Scanning Windows environments
  4. Using preloaded scan profiles
  5. Reviewing preinstalled configuration standards
  6. Navigating the interface
  7. Setting up notifications

Scanning:

  1. Running simple scans
  2. Executing scans from predefined templates
  3. Creating templates from preloaded plugins
  4. Performing asset discovery scans

Understanding Nessus Output:

  1. Interpreting the Nessus output file
  2. Understanding risk ratings and scoring
  3. Filtering out irrelevant data and reducing output volume
  4. Validating findings
  5. Generating Nessus reports

Detailed Review of Plugins:

  1. Data discovery plugins
  2. System-specific plugins
  3. Compliance plugins

Requirements

Basic knowledge of common protocols such as HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, SSL, Telnet, and SFTP

Foundational understanding of OSI layers

Basic knowledge of IP addressing

 28 Hours

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