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Course Outline

Overview of the Nessus Interface and Navigation

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

Scanning Techniques:

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

Interpreting Nessus Output:

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

Detailed Examination 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 the OSI model layers.

Basic familiarity with IP addressing.

 28 Hours

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