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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 systems
  4. Utilizing preloaded scan profiles
  5. Review of preinstalled configuration standards
  6. Navigating the user interface
  7. Configuring notifications

Scanning:

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

Understanding Nessus Output:

  1. Interpreting Nessus output files
  2. Understanding risk ratings and scoring
  3. Filtering irrelevant data to reduce 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

Fundamental understanding of common protocols such as HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, SSL, Telnet, SFTP, etc.

Basic knowledge of OSI model layers

Basic knowledge of IP addressing

 28 Hours

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