Overview
Nessus is a comprehensive vulnerability assessment and security scanning platform designed to help organizations identify security weaknesses, vulnerabilities, missing patches, and configuration issues across their IT infrastructure.
Nessus enables security professionals to perform automated scans of networks, servers, applications, cloud environments, and devices. It uses a continuously updated vulnerability plugin database to detect known security issues, misconfigurations, and potential risks.
The platform provides detailed security reports, risk ratings, and remediation recommendations that help administrators prioritize and resolve vulnerabilities efficiently. Nessus supports compliance auditing, security assessments, penetration testing workflows, and proactive vulnerability management.
Nessus is widely used by cybersecurity teams, system administrators, and enterprises to improve security posture, reduce attack surfaces, and maintain secure computing environments across modern infrastructure.
Highlights
- Automated vulnerability scanning and security assessment to identify risks, missing patches, and system weaknesses.
- Advanced vulnerability detection with detailed reports, risk prioritization, and remediation guidance for improved security management.
Details
Introducing multi-product solutions
You can now purchase comprehensive solutions tailored to use cases and industries.
Features and programs
Financing for AWS Marketplace purchases
Pricing
Dimension | Cost/hour |
|---|---|
m4.large Recommended | $0.03 |
t3.micro | $0.03 |
t2.micro | $0.01 |
m3.medium | $0.03 |
c3.large | $0.03 |
c5.large | $0.03 |
c4.large | $0.03 |
t3.small | $0.03 |
m5.large | $0.03 |
t2.small | $0.03 |
Vendor refund policy
no Refund
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Delivery details
64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
Version release notes
Packaged with latest updates as of June/2026
Additional details
Usage instructions
Connect your instance via SSH, the username is ubuntu. More info on SSH: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AccessingInstancesLinux.html - Run the following commands: #sudo su #mkdir -p ~/nessus #cd ~/nessus #systemctl enable nessusd #systemctl start nessusd #systemctl status nessusd #/opt/nessus/sbin/nessuscli -v #echo "Open https://YOUR_PUBLIC_IP:8834 in browser"
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Feel free to reach out anytime. Our support team is available 24x7 for assistance. Email: anant.shahi@pcloudhostings.com Website:
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