Nessus Manager Training Course
Nessus is a highly versatile vulnerability scanning platform designed for detecting and managing security flaws. Beyond standard vulnerability detection, it also supports baseline auditing, where your system configuration is evaluated against established hardening standards.
This instructor-led course will introduce the core components of the solution and its various functionalities. Each module within the application will be explained, with its practical use cases clearly outlined.
By the end of the course, participants will be capable of conducting both authenticated and unauthenticated vulnerability scans across almost all IP-based systems. Attendees will learn to analyse scan results to eliminate false positives, prioritise findings based on risk, and recommend compensating controls. This training will enable participants to assess their systems’ security posture using Nessus and determine the most effective remediation strategies.
Audience:
- Infrastructure managers
- System administrators
- System auditors
- System compliance officers
- Vulnerability managers
- Cybersecurity managers
Format:
A combination of lectures, discussions, and hands-on practice.
This course is available as onsite live training in South Africa or online live training.Course Outline
Overview of the Nessus Interface and Navigation
- Installing the Nessus Server and configuring the licence.
- Checking and updating plugins.
- Performing scans on Windows systems.
- Utilising preloaded scan profiles.
- Walking through preinstalled configuration standards.
- Navigating the interface.
- Setting up notifications.
Scanning:
- Executing simple scans.
- Running scans from predefined templates.
- Creating templates from preloaded plugins.
- Conducting asset discovery scans.
Understanding Nessus Output:
- Interpreting Nessus output files.
- Understanding risk ratings and scoring mechanisms.
- Filtering out unnecessary data and reducing output volume.
- Validating findings.
- Generating Nessus reports.
Detailed Review of Plugins:
- Data discovery plugins.
- System-specific plugins.
- Compliance plugins.
Requirements
Basic knowledge of common protocols such as HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, SSL, Telnet, and SFTP.
Fundamental understanding of the OSI model layers.
Basic knowledge of IP addressing.
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I generally was benefit from the whole training.
Tassos Papadopoulos
Course - Nessus Manager
The course build up the whole picture and helped me understand in depth how to deal with everyday tasks I perform with Tenable Census Manager.
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