Tenable Products
Nessus Documentation
Tenable publishes details of new product features and technical specifications through the systematic update of Nessus documentation. As a service to our international customers, Nessus documentation is also made available in German, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian.
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The installation, operation, and configuration of the Nessus vulnerability scanner. Describes use of the Nessus vulnerability scanner including scan configuration and reporting. Describes use of Nessus Perimeter Service and includes subscription and activation, vulnerability scanning, compliance reporting, and Perimeter Service support. Nessus can not only perform remote security checks of Unix hosts and Windows hosts, but with proper credentials it can also log into them to enumerate the list of missing patches. This document explains how to configure your network and Nessus to perform a complete vulnerability scan. This document describes how Nessus and SecurityCenter can leverage credentials on the WSUS, SCCM, and VMware Go (formerly Shavlik) patch management systems to perform patch auditing on systems for which credentials may not be available to the Nessus scanner. This paper discusses what sort of configuration parameters and sensitive data can be audited, how to configure Nessus to perform these audits and how Tenable's SecurityCenter can be used to manage and automate this process. There is also information on how to use the various tools available to create audit policies. This paper discusses the Nessus compliance language syntax and provides examples for those wishing to write their own audit files. This document provides a description and summary of the plugin families for Nessus, Log Correlation Engine, and the Passive Vulnerability Scanner. | |
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Installing & Activating Nessus
Tenable's training team provides step-by-step instructional videos for installing the Nessus vulnerability scanner and activating Nessus ProfessionalFeed.
