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Course Outline

Overview of Nessus Interface and Navigation

  1. Installing the Nessus Server and activating the license
  2. Checking and updating plugins
  3. Conducting Windows scans
  4. Utilizing pre-loaded scan profiles
  5. Exploring pre-installed configuration standards
  6. Navigating the interface
  7. Configuring notifications

Scanning:

  1. Executing simple scans
  2. Running scans from predefined templates
  3. Creating custom templates from pre-loaded plugins
  4. Performing asset discovery scans

Understanding Nessus Output:

  1. Interpreting the Nessus output file
  2. Understanding risk ratings and scoring
  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

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

Fundamental understanding of OSI layers.

Basic knowledge of IP addressing.

 28 Hours

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