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Overview of Nessus Interface and Navigation:

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

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 the Nessus output file
  2. Understanding risk ratings and scoring mechanisms
  3. Filtering out irrelevant data to streamline output
  4. Validating scan 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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