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Overview of Nessus Interface and Navigation

  1. Installing Nessus Server and configuring 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. Configuring notification settings

Scanning:

  1. Executing simple scans
  2. Running scans based on predefined templates
  3. Creating custom templates using 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 noise
  4. Validating findings
  5. Generating Nessus reports

Detailed Review of Plugins:

  1. Data discovery plugins
  2. System-specific plugins
  3. Compliance plugins

Requirements

Familiarity with common protocols such as HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, SSL, Telnet, SFTP, etc.

Foundational knowledge of the OSI model layers

Basic understanding of IP addressing

 28 Hours

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