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Overview of the Nessus Interface and Navigation

  1. Installing the Nessus Server and activating the license
  2. Verifying and updating plugins
  3. Conducting Windows scans
  4. Utilizing preloaded scan profiles
  5. Reviewing preinstalled configuration standards
  6. Navigating the user interface
  7. Configuring notifications

Scanning:

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

Understanding Nessus Output:

  1. Interpreting Nessus output files
  2. Comprehending risk ratings and scoring mechanisms
  3. Filtering irrelevant data to streamline output
  4. Validating scan findings
  5. Generating Nessus reports

Detailed Review of Plugins:

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

Requirements

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

Basic understanding of the OSI model layers

Basic knowledge of IP addressing

 28 Hours

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