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Overview of the Nessus interface and navigation

  1. Installing the Nessus Server and activating the license
  2. Verifying plugin status 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 using predefined templates
  3. Creating custom templates from preloaded plugins
  4. Performing asset discovery scans

Understanding Nessus output:

  1. Interpreting Nessus output files
  2. Understanding risk ratings and scoring mechanisms
  3. Filtering irrelevant data to streamline output
  4. Validating security findings
  5. Generating Nessus reports

Detailed review of Plugins:

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

Requirements

Familiarity with common network protocols, including HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, SSL, Telnet, and SFTP

Foundational understanding of the OSI model layers

Basic knowledge of IP addressing

 28 Hours

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