What Does Nessus Do?
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Nessus® automates point-in-time assessments to help quickly identify and fix vulnerabilities, including software flaws, missing patches, malware, and misconfigurations, across a variety of operating systems, devices and applications. Nessus was built from the ground-up with a deep understanding of how security practitioners work. Every feature in Nessus is designed to make vulnerability assessment simple, easy and intuitive. The result: less time and effort to assess, prioritize, and remediate issues.
Benefits of Nessus
Easy-to-Use
Policy creation is simple and only requires a few clicks to scan an entire corporate network
Advanced detection
means more protection
63K CVEs – the most in the industry. Nessus scans more technologies and uncovers more vulnerabilities than competing solutions.
Cost effective for companies of all sizes
Cost effective for any consultant or team, Nessus provides complete vulnerability scanning with unlimited assessments for one low price.
Accurate visibility into your networks
Nessus identifies the vulnerabilities that need attention with high-speed, accurate scanning and minimal false-positives.
Tenable researchers leverage extensive intel sources, providing plugins that deliver timely protection from the latest threats.
Easily migrate to Tenable.io or other Tenable solutions as your vulnerability management needs increase.