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Overview of Nessus Interface and Navigation

  1. Installing the Nessus Server and activating the license
  2. Checking and updating plugins
  3. Scanning Windows systems
  4. Utilizing preloaded scan profiles
  5. Reviewing preinstalled configuration standards
  6. Navigating the user interface
  7. Setting up notifications

Scanning:

  1. Executing simple scans
  2. Running scans from predefined templates
  3. Creating templates based on preloaded plugins
  4. Conducting 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.

Fundamental understanding of the OSI layers.

Basic knowledge of IP addressing.

 28 Hours

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