Nessus (BYOL)
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Powerful Vulnerability Scanner, Rapid Learning Curve
What do you like best about the product?
I think Tenable Nessus is a very popular toolset that stands out because of its usability, allowing me to learn and use it quickly without requiring extensive training or facing a steep learning curve. Its intuitive nature facilitates swift adoption, making it accessible for our team. Additionally, I value the ability to specify the range of IP address assets and perform both ad-hoc and scheduled scanning. This functionality is crucial for maintaining the integrity and security of our network infrastructure, and it helps us in managing and mitigating vulnerabilities efficiently.
What do you dislike about the product?
I dislike that the pricing of Tenable Nessus has been going up quite significantly recently.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use Tenable Nessus to scan for vulnerabilities, improving our organization's cybersecurity by patching and reporting the status of our systems.
User-Friendly and Simple, But Support Scheduling Could Be Faster
What do you like best about the product?
Like how simple it is to use, also user friendly
What do you dislike about the product?
One thing that I dislike that they takes time to schedule call for support
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Help to find vulnerabilities with solution
Simple and Effective, But Limited to One User in Pro Version
What do you like best about the product?
I love the simplicity of Nessus and the ease of use for securing the environment
What do you dislike about the product?
I dislike the fact that the professional version only allows one user
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps identify new Windows vulnerabilities in the environment before deploying new servers
Essential Tool for Network Security Assessments
What do you like best about the product?
Nessus is easy to use, fast, and highly accurate. I like its wide vulnerability coverage, regular updates, and clear, detailed reports.
What do you dislike about the product?
The user interface can feel a bit outdated, and initial setup or scan tuning may be complex for beginners. Also, advanced features require a paid license.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Nessus helps us identify and remediate vulnerabilities across our network before they can be exploited. It improves our security posture, supports compliance efforts, and saves time with automated scans and detailed reporting.
Tenable Nessus Professional
What do you like best about the product?
Its easy to setup and config for first time and tenable support is very good. we are using it every quaterly for the infra scan to make sure our infra is safe from vulnrabilities.
What do you dislike about the product?
in reporting for the same vulnerability it will show mutliple cve in differnt rows while exporting which is creating manual effort to clean
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
it helps to identfy the vulnerabilities in the infra so that we can protect the data
excellent product it identifies misconfigs and missing patches
What do you like best about the product?
i love the scheduled scans feature along with the customizable templates. we use it mostly to identify configuration mishaps and devices needing additional patching. they have an extensible coverage of plugins
What do you dislike about the product?
The licensing complexity is the biggest issue for me. there is no central management in the base product you have to upgrade to tenable sc. There also a few false positives.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
There are so many devices to locate tenable finds the unknows with ease. it is also highly customizable. All of devices are able to be scanned without the need of additional products,
as an industry standard software when it comes to vulnerability scanning.
What do you like best about the product?
detailed reporting, customizable export options.
What do you dislike about the product?
offline updates can be difficult and can be troublesome.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
providing clients with actionable vulnerability data.
Its great to use Nessus for vulnerability scan
What do you like best about the product?
It can be find mostly vulnerability for our devicess
What do you dislike about the product?
Tecnical support ticket create it can be a problem if you create one you can find a solution for pluging
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am scanning vulverabilities of our devices and it can be helpfull for tacking them
AL2 based AMI Image
this help us to deploy via Service Catalog.
that is very helpful.
but currently, AMI image is build based on AL2, not 2023.
AL2 is no longer supported after July 2025.
so we want Tenable to provide AL2023 based nessus AMI.
Tenable is a must for Vulnerability Scanning
What do you like best about the product?
Tenable Nessus is easy to setup and easy to navigate. The reporting gives good detail to help remediate the vulnerabilities.
What do you dislike about the product?
I have been using Tenable Nessus for many years and I can't say I have any dislikes for the product.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Tenable Nessus helps keep the network secure by finding vulnerabilities before they become an issue.
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