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Nessus Interface Overview and Navigation

  1. Installing the Nessus Server and managing licenses
  2. Verifying and updating plugin libraries
  3. Scanning Windows environments
  4. Leveraging preloaded scan profiles
  5. Reviewing preinstalled configuration standards
  6. Interface navigation and exploration
  7. Configuring notification settings

Scanning Operations:

  1. Executing basic scans
  2. Running scans using predefined templates
  3. Creating custom templates from preloaded plugins
  4. Performing asset discovery scans

Interpreting Nessus Output:

  1. Analyzing Nessus output files
  2. Understanding risk ratings and scoring mechanisms
  3. Filtering irrelevant data to reduce output noise
  4. Validating scan findings
  5. Generating and utilizing Nessus reports

In-Depth Plugin Review:

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

Requirements

Familiarity with common protocols such as HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, SSL, Telnet, SFTP, and similar technologies

A foundational understanding of the OSI model layers

Basic knowledge of IP addressing schemes

 28 Hours

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