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Overview of Nessus Interface and Navigation

  1. Installing the Nessus Server and configuring the license
  2. Checking and updating plugins
  3. Scanning Windows systems
  4. Using preloaded scan profiles
  5. Reviewing preinstalled configuration standards
  6. Navigating the interface
  7. Setting up notifications

Scanning:

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

Understanding Nessus Output:

  1. Interpreting the Nessus output file
  2. Understanding risk rating and scoring
  3. Eliminating irrelevant 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

Basic understanding of the OSI model layers

Basic understanding of IP addressing

 28 Hours

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