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Overview of Nessus Interface and Navigation:

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

Scanning:

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

Understanding Nessus Output:

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

Detailed Review of Plugins:

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

Requirements

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

Fundamental knowledge of OSI model layers.

Basic understanding of IP addressing.

 28 Hours

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