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 Duration 28 hours

Course Outline

Nessus Interface and Navigation Overview

  1. Installation of the Nessus Server and License Activation
  2. Plugin Verification and Update Procedures
  3. Scanning Windows Environments
  4. Leveraging Preloaded Scan Profiles
  5. Review of Preinstalled Configuration Standards
  6. Interface Navigation Basics
  7. Configuring Notification Settings

Scanning Procedures:

  1. Executing Basic Scans
  2. Running Scans via Predefined Templates
  3. Creating Custom Templates from Existing Plugins
  4. Conducting Asset Discovery Scans

Interpreting Nessus Output:

  1. Analyzing Nessus Output Files
  2. Understanding Risk Ratings and Scoring Mechanisms
  3. Filtering Irrelevant Data to Streamline Output
  4. Validating Detected Findings
  5. Generating Nessus Reports

In-Depth Plugin Analysis:

  1. Data Discovery Plugins
  2. System-Specific Plugins
  3. Compliance Audit Plugins

Requirements

Familiarity with common network protocols such as HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, SSL, Telnet, and SFTP.

An understanding of the OSI model layers.

Basic knowledge of IP addressing schemes.

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