Nessus (BYOL)
Tenable, Inc. | 10.7.3Linux/Unix, Amazon Linux 20240503 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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great piece of mind
What do you like best about the product?
simplicity of building out a customized scan
What do you dislike about the product?
better looking results, built in data that doesn't require going out to web for details
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
security scans needed to verify new systems have been hardened
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Tenable Nessus Professional Review
What do you like best about the product?
Nessus Professional has many wonderful features. Some these features include the ability to view vulnerability information related to system that reside on your network. It gives you information about how to remediate these reviews. We use Nessus in an active and passive manner. We do have ICS based systems that do no work well with active scans. In these instances we can set up a passive Nessus scanner and collect the information that we need. It is also helps to in providing a secondary means to identify and verify the patching of our systems.
What do you dislike about the product?
We use Nessus Professional as a part of our Tenable SC CV suite. This can be a little difficult to get up and running the first time it is set up. There are multiple virtual appliances that have to bet set up and synced together and if there is ever a problem, sometimes this it can take some time to track down which particular component is the issue. If Nessus Professional is used as standalone product, this isn't an issue.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It has helped in reducing cost associated with working individually on each device we have. We trust Nessus to perform automated tasks that would normally take hours on end to perform this type of audits by hand. So with that, we have seen a reduction in labor costs and time.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Be prepared to spend some time on the front end designing and setting this up properly to avoid headaches down the road.
Great tool...simple, intuitive, and complete
What do you like best about the product?
Nessus is my go-to scanner. It's simple to use...has a well laid out user interface...and results are easy to digest. The references withing the vulnerability findings are immensely helpful to support staff in helping them to understand the findings and their path to remediation.
What do you dislike about the product?
Not really much to dislike here. Price is right. Ease of use is great. Only thing I'd recommend is for Tenable to step up their game with Support. Their support process is one of the least engage-able of all the tools I use. Much more feels like consumer level support rather than enterprise.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Verifying patch management process is the primary solution we are solving. Is also great at asset discovery. We also find the scanner very useful when a new high priority vulnerability comes out that the business wants us to quickly verify our exposure to.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
none at this time
Nessus Review
What do you like best about the product?
the findings and the resolutions are second to none
What do you dislike about the product?
Browser Navigation could be a better experience
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
compliance
Excellent Vulnerable Identification Tool for Web and Network
What do you like best about the product?
Excellent Scanner for Web and Network with the remedies on how to protect from that vulnerabilities
What do you dislike about the product?
There a no cons in this Nessus Software except the limitations of the usage
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Conducting Vulnerability Assessments on the web sites and networks
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Excellent scanner to perform Vulnerability Analysis on Network and Web Applications
Nessus Rocks
What do you like best about the product?
Nessus was such a great product. Just absolutely blew us out of the water with the vulnerabilities it found.
What do you dislike about the product?
Just wish I had more apps to integrate it with!
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Huge reduction in our security vulnerabilities.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Do it!
Easy Vulnerability Scanning
What do you like best about the product?
Ease of use, simple reports, quick to setup, quick scanning, no training required for use.
What do you dislike about the product?
There isn't much i dislike, the ability to customise scans is somewhat limited but this helps keep the application simple.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Quick and easy to scan devices for vulnerabilities. We use this in preparation for audits to ensure we are compliant, especially useful if going for Cyber Essentials Plus, or PCI compliance.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
You can get a proof of concept from Nessus before you buy.
Excellent software
What do you like best about the product?
Been a fan of tenable for a long time the only thing I would actually say is I wish they stayed open source
What do you dislike about the product?
No longer open source, commercial business
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Assists in vulnerability management
The absolute standard for vulnerability scanning
What do you like best about the product?
The scanner is very easy to use, easy to deploy, easy to set up and easy to license. When using the scanner properly (placed in the subnet you need to scan and scanning with credentials), it does its job just fine. Verification with compliance standards is also very easy too, and comes preloaded with the most used standards and even those which are less used widely (such as federal government ones).
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes the remediation information aren't accurate enough for a customer to execute. I understand this is just a scanner and not a remediation tool, but the remediation information over the vulnerabilities found definitely could be better.
Some vulnerabilities need to actually be tested for being true and since this is just a vulnerability scanning tool and not an exploitation tool, you might have some false positives around. I know Tenable does a great effort to make sure the tool is fully accurate, but sometimes it can't be done their way.
Some vulnerabilities need to actually be tested for being true and since this is just a vulnerability scanning tool and not an exploitation tool, you might have some false positives around. I know Tenable does a great effort to make sure the tool is fully accurate, but sometimes it can't be done their way.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Standard compliance is easily manageable through this scanner. So, when it's an industry requirement to be compliant, this scanner helps greatly. Depending on your network setup and industry, you can be fully compliant in weeks, not months as with other tools.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Read the documentation when using the tool. Most of the support questions we get as reseller are mostly topics that are well documented, both in Tenable Support Portal and Tenable University. Every customer has access to Tenable University (from Tenable Support Portal) and I recommend to your employees to go through all of it before attempting to use the tool or ask for support. I also recommend that you understand this is not an exploitation and/or remediation tool, seen from that standpoint, the tool is very useful!
Scan like you always care
What do you like best about the product?
Nessus always on top of my list for enterprise vulnerability scanner. The way it discover assets and identify correct OS information, vulnerabilities assessment, with a lot of features blades like compliance auditing, mobile, malware/botnet detection. I also love the tennable.io product
What do you dislike about the product?
Not at much to disliked all features are great and they are in track providing ways to improve their product sets. I would say pricing but at the end of the day price is right on what you can get from the product.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Like any other enterprise determining the hole on the network thru vulnerability assessment and passing compliance requirements.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Nessus is expensive true but your money is worth it. You can try to play on their trial products like tenable professional, IO, and tenable manager.
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