Nessus Overview
What is Nessus?
Built for security practitioners, by security professionals, Nessus Professional is the de-facto industry standard for vulnerability assessment. Nessus performs point-in-time assessments to help security professionals quickly identify and fix vulnerabilities, including software flaws, missing patches, malware, and misconfigurations. With features such as pre-built policies and templates, group snooze functionality, and real-time updates, it makes vulnerability assessment easy and intuitive.
Who is Nessus best for?
Ideal for security practitioners, consultants and pen testers.
Nessus Details
Nessus Platforms supported
Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
Desktop Mac
Desktop Windows
Desktop Chromebook
Desktop Linux
Mobile Android
Mobile iPad
Mobile iPhone
On-Premise Linux
On-Premise Windows
Nessus Support options
Chat
Email Help Desk
FAQ Forum
Knowledgebase
Phone Support
Nessus Training options
Documentation
In-Person
Live Online
Webinars
Videos
Nessus Related Categories
Nessus Typical customers
Freelancers
Small Businesses
Small to Mid size businesses
Mid size businesses
Mid to Large size enterprises
Large enterprises
Very Large enterprises
Nessus Pricing
Nessus Essentials is available as a free download for students and educators to scan up to 16 IPs.
Nessus Pro:
$2,390 for one year, or $2,790 for one year with Advanced Support.
$4,660 for two years, or $5,460 for two years with Advanced Support.
$6,811.50 for three years, or $8,011.50 for three for Advanced Support.
A 7-day free trial of Nessus Pro is also avail
Nessus Features
Most valued Nessus features by users
API
Access Controls/Permissions
Alerts/Notifications
Asset Discovery
Network Scanning
Password Protection
Reporting/Analytics
Runtime Container Security
Vulnerability / Threat Prioritization
Vulnerability Assessment
Web-Application Security
Website Crawling
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