Nessus
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Nessus is a widely used vulnerability scanning tool that identifies security weaknesses in networks, systems, and applications.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
security software
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vulnerability scanner ⓘ |
| abbreviation | NASL NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capability |
detecting known vulnerabilities
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detecting misconfigurations ⓘ identifying missing patches ⓘ mapping network assets ⓘ |
| commercialEdition |
Nessus Enterprise
NERFINISHED
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Nessus Expert NERFINISHED ⓘ Nessus Professional NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer | Tenable Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature |
continuous updates of vulnerability plugins
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credentialed scanning ⓘ plugin-based architecture ⓘ policy-based scanning ⓘ remediation recommendations ⓘ report generation ⓘ scheduled scans ⓘ unauthenticated scanning ⓘ |
| genre |
network security software
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vulnerability assessment tool ⓘ |
| integratesWith |
Tenable.io
NERFINISHED
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Tenable.sc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| license | proprietary ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Linux
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Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| originalDeveloper | Renaud Deraison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousLicense | GPL NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage |
C
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C++ ⓘ NASL NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol |
HTTP
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HTTPS NERFINISHED ⓘ ICMP NERFINISHED ⓘ SNMP NERFINISHED ⓘ SSH ⓘ TCP NERFINISHED ⓘ UDP ⓘ |
| targetUser |
penetration testers
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security professionals ⓘ system administrators ⓘ |
| useCase |
application vulnerability scanning
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compliance checking ⓘ configuration auditing ⓘ network vulnerability scanning ⓘ system vulnerability scanning ⓘ |
| uses | Nessus Attack Scripting Language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| website | https://www.tenable.com/products/nessus ⓘ |
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