Nessus (BYOL)
Tenable, Inc. | 10.7.2Linux/Unix, Amazon Linux 20240318 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Comprehensive and customizeable
What do you like best about the product?
Comprehensive scanning and ability to see the exposed vulnerability and the corresponding remediation - also the single remediation suggestion that would get the most value that
What do you dislike about the product?
Loss of the API from previous version - we could get powershell scripts to obtain specific report results
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Patch management confirmations and exceptions - the ability to identify what hosts are being excepted out of patch management has been able to allow us to perform a more accurate risk assessment
Recommendations to others considering the product:
For performing the PCI assessment, this product made the checking of our hosts and that of the hosting provider's equipment so easy. Remember to VERIFY all of the hosts in the environment first, verify they are alive, use nessus to check for "undocumented hosts", and then run the vuln scanner. Always use creds to check the hosts for completeness.
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Great Insight Into Our Network!
What do you like best about the product?
I like the feature of having multiple scan scheduled for different areas, for e.g. local desktops, linux, windows, etc.
What do you dislike about the product?
User interface gets stuck at times and keeps spinning and not accessible until restarting of services on local machine
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Network vulnerabilities, patch management
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Great product and easy to implement and use
Nessus at Providence College
What do you like best about the product?
Nessus Professional has a very easy-to-use interface and requires little technical expertise to operate. Scan scopes are easy to define and results are searchable and exportable.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nessus generates a large amount of false positives, particularly on Linux systems for applications like Apache, Tomcat, etc. It generally only reads the banners, and even if you run an authenticated scan, it often times does not detect patches that are backported by the distribution. This leads to a lot of heartburn when working with server administrators.
On a separate note, Nessus does not have in-application remediation tracking like some other vulnerability scanning platforms.
On a separate note, Nessus does not have in-application remediation tracking like some other vulnerability scanning platforms.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Minimizing "technical debt" is the largest benefit. The institution has not always had an ongoing vulnerability management program, and as such, a large amount of vulnerabilities and other issues had piled up over time. Nessus has allowed us to gain insight on these issues and move towards a more mature process.
Nessus Pro Review
What do you like best about the product?
Nessus really makes it easy to see problem areas in your environment. You can quickly allocate resources to mitigate those areas where critical vulnerabilities exist. Being able to schedule scans and having the reports emailed to you creates an automated workflow without ever logging in.
What do you dislike about the product?
Functionality is awesome. I would like to be able to change my theme. I really like the darker themes because it's easier on the eyes.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We now have visibility of vulnerabilities across our environment. We're able to measure the effectiveness of our patch deployments. Another benefit is that we can detect new vulnerabilities when Nessus updates the plugins.
Powerful but easy to use
What do you like best about the product?
I like the fact that Nessus provides you whith all of the information you need to resolve any issues found.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nessus can on occasion get out of sync and results are a bit wacky, doesn't happen often though.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Passing Federal Examiners audits!!!!!
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Good appliance.
I find the functionality useful
What do you like best about the product?
I like the vulnerability prioritization functionality best. It helps to determine which vulnerabilities to need to be addressed first
What do you dislike about the product?
Not always easy to learn. Training could be better.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We're trying to solve some of the shortcomings of Qualys. ie. better vulnerability detection.
Nessus - One-Stop Vulnerability Management
What do you like best about the product?
Detected vulnerabilities are easily researchable with the embedded links to Tennable's database.
What do you dislike about the product?
The interface is very plain but works better and is easier to navigate then other flashy tools.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Vulnerability management and remediation. Some problems can't be fixed with just installing a patch. For that, there is Nessus.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Check int the reporting aspect. It's very good.
Easy to use
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to use and manage. Simple to administer. Clean interface and very easy to install.
What do you dislike about the product?
need to purchase tenable.sc or tenable.io for more features
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
compliance/regulatory requirements; realized greater visibility in vulnerabilities not patched yet
Nessus Pro; afforadable and effective
What do you like best about the product?
The ease of use, configuration, and scheduling help us meet our compliance needs and provide a clear picture of vulnerabilities by group
What do you dislike about the product?
The recent change to single accounts means my analysts cannot create and run their own specialized ad-hoc scans.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It has greatly simplified out compliance reporting and mitigation strategies
Best platform for finding the loop holes in the network infrastructure
What do you like best about the product?
I like this tool because of the performance which is high and awesome.Nessus is the best tool where it used to scan the network infrastructure, Linux servers and windows servers which it finds the vulnerabilities and missing patches there will be less numbers of the false positive missing patches.
What do you dislike about the product?
Till now I did not found any dislike but the main thing is that the cost is more expensive.for individual user we need to buy this product there will be the huge cost.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I have used this tool because of the performance and the functionality which high and awesome this tool scans for the vulnerabilities and missing patches from the network infrastructure.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I advise to use this tool because of the performance and the functionality is very high and awesome.
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