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What is NESSUS and How Does it Work?

Tech20202021-01-18T11:20:10+00:00Categories: Network Monitoring, Network Security|Tags: Anti-malware, Denials of service (Dos) vulnerabilities, FreeBSD, Linux, Misconfiguration, NESSUS, Network Monitoring, open mail relay, PCI DSS, Penetration Testing, security holes, Unix, Vulnerability Scaning, Windows|

Nessus is a proprietary vulnerability scanner developed by Tenable, Inc. Tenable.io is a subscription-based service. Tenable also contains what was previously known as Nessus Cloud, which used to be Tenable’s Software-as-a-Service solution. Nessus is an open-source network vulnerability scanner that uses the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures architecture for easy cross-linking between compliant security tools. In [...]