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Overview of the Nessus Interface and Navigation

  1. Installing the Nessus Server and configuring the licence.
  2. Checking and updating plugins.
  3. Performing scans on Windows systems.
  4. Utilising preloaded scan profiles.
  5. Walking through preinstalled configuration standards.
  6. Navigating the interface.
  7. Setting up notifications.

Scanning:

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

Understanding Nessus Output:

  1. Interpreting Nessus output files.
  2. Understanding risk ratings and scoring mechanisms.
  3. Filtering out unnecessary 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 model layers.

Basic knowledge of IP addressing.

 28 Hours

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