Nessus (BYOL)
Tenable, Inc. | 10.8.4Linux/Unix, Amazon Linux 20250405 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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good tool really helps in scanning domains and find vulnerability.
What do you like best about the product?
Plug in details are complete and helpful to mitigate the issues. its results are very satisfactory and really better tool than other competitors. it aslo helps to find out solutions for the vulnerability. By the use of this tool i saved many customers from critical vulnerabilities. Suggested solutions based on tool results to the developer teams. it can also scan networks and find out security problems their.
What do you dislike about the product?
for lage scan , sometimes it slowdown. that should be improved. GUI interface should be improved. And some more features needs to be added. tools should have updates more frequently. some more features related to network security should be added. that will help users to solve problems easily.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
it helps me to scan websites and find out vulnerabilities. It also tell md the severity of bug. so i can decidethe priority to resolve highest problematic first. For many websites i found critical and normal vulnerabilities and solved by help of nezsuss and other tools. it save time and provide good results. it have a good and easy graphical interface that helps to a beginner to use thos tool for their purposes.
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Amazing Security Auditing tool
What do you like best about the product?
Flexible user interface and dashboard that present users with various tools
What do you dislike about the product?
The reporting is not as detailed like some of its competitors
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Network Auditing and vulnerability scanning
Nessus is good one for internal scanning
What do you like best about the product?
Nessus has advanced scans and scheduling option. Which makes security researchers and Pentesters to schedule scans as per their choice. Advanced option includes scans as based on standards like PCI DSS and others..
What do you dislike about the product?
Nessus doesn't scans indeep when it comes for web application and others..
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps to covers most of the vulnerabilities. Updating their plugins helps us to scans new vulnerabilities as per cve.
Nessus is gamechanger, it helps me to reduce my work pressure
What do you like best about the product?
Everything is perfect in nessus.
I like so many things in nessus,
Environment is very user friendly
I like so many things in nessus,
Environment is very user friendly
What do you dislike about the product?
There is nothing to dislike, if i compare it with other tools, i found it as best tool.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
After using nessus my work speed increased and i got promoted
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Yes
Reliable results!
What do you like best about the product?
The interface is straightforward; there are many preconfigured scan templates available for compliance checks; the software is updated regularly; I can generate report content very quickly
What do you dislike about the product?
There really isn't anything that I dislike; I have been a long time user and have relied on Nessus for client and personal scans
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use it as part of vulnerability management programs for customers and I use it as part of the discovery stage in penetration testing
Nessus is a simple to use and effective vulnerability management software
What do you like best about the product?
Using nessus is very simple and intuitive
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes I would appreciate more flexible reporting options
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Nessus helps to secure different kind of environments by reducing risks
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Nessus is easy to setup and install
Super experience using Nessus
What do you like best about the product?
Nessus has an upto date vulnerability database along with a user friendly UI
What do you dislike about the product?
Installation of Nessus takes a very long time
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I've used Nessus mainly to perform VaPT activities. It is a major time saver
Nessus is one of the best VA scanners I have used till date
What do you like best about the product?
I like many features but are not restricted to the below:
-scheduled scans
-policy compliance scans
-offline audit of network devices
-Scanning Cloud Infrastructre
-scheduled scans
-policy compliance scans
-offline audit of network devices
-Scanning Cloud Infrastructre
What do you dislike about the product?
I would love if the plugin updates have a better method to be done offline.
I would also appreciate if Tenable rolls out a free scanner with professional features for the community. (I think this wasa discontinued in 2019)
I would also appreciate if Tenable rolls out a free scanner with professional features for the community. (I think this wasa discontinued in 2019)
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Continuous Vulnerability Management is simplified. Scheduled scans and extremely detailed PDF and CSV Reports help me automate a major chunk of Assessment.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Nessus should be used by professionals who understand the benefits of automation and importance of vulnerability management in enterprise environment
Does it's job without drama.
What do you like best about the product?
Set and forget, just read the reports and edit systems to scan as needed! The reports are easily readable and all the plugins let you customize scans VERY well.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing really. Scans are slow, but that's expected.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Keeping our IT staff on their toes about basic security. Rollouts of new gear are scanned immediately to find basic things like forgotten password changes and open ports.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Be prepared to spend a lot of time initially documenting all the systems you want to scan, and then setting up the relevant tests. But once done, it's a cake walk to change things later.
Ease of use and great support
What do you like best about the product?
The software is customizable, does everything we need for our compliance. The support has been fantastic. Always get helpful and knowledgeable assistance.
What do you dislike about the product?
Occasionally have to reset the Nessus services but it is an easy fix.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are required by the Federal Government to scan certain computers. We use the Nessus software to do this.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
None
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