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Overview of Nessus Interface and Navigation

  1. Installing the Nessus Server and activating the license
  2. Maintaining plugins by checking for and applying updates
  3. Conducting Windows scans
  4. Utilizing preloaded scan profiles
  5. Reviewing preinstalled configuration standards
  6. Navigating the user interface
  7. Configuring notification settings

Scanning:

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

Understanding Nessus Output:

  1. Interpreting the Nessus output file
  2. Comprehending risk ratings and scoring mechanisms
  3. Filtering out irrelevant data to streamline results
  4. Validating identified 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.

Familiarity with the OSI model layers.

Basic understanding of IP addressing.

 28 Hours

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