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Overview of Nessus Interface and Navigation

  1. Installing the Nessus Server and configuring the license
  2. Reviewing and updating plugins
  3. Conducting scans on Windows systems
  4. Utilizing preloaded scan profiles
  5. Exploring preinstalled configuration standards
  6. Navigating the interface
  7. Configuring notifications

Scanning Techniques:

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

Understanding Nessus Output:

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

Detailed Review of Plugins:

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

Requirements

Foundational knowledge of common protocols such as HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, SSL, Telnet, and SFTP

Basic understanding of the OSI model layers

Basic knowledge of IP addressing

 28 Hours

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