Tenable Nessus is an industry-leading vulnerability assessment solution that is widely used to identify and fix vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and non-compliance conditions in various operating systems, devices, and applications. It covers traditional IT assets, cloud infrastructure, internet-connected devices, and web applications to help users fully grasp security risks.
Key features and benefits:
Automated vulnerability assessments: Nessus automatically performs point-in-time vulnerability scans to quickly find software bugs, missing patches, malware, and configuration errors.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) scanning: Enables scanning of the IaC codebase in the CI/CD pipeline to prevent security risks from being pushed to production environments.
External Attack Surface Discovery (EASD): Automatically discovers the organization's unknown internet-connected assets and initiates vulnerability scans to assess risk.
Web Application Scanning (DAST): Dynamic application security testing to thoroughly identify security vulnerabilities in custom code and third-party components.
Risk Prioritization Analysis: Combines CVSS, EPSS, and Tenable's Vulnerability Priority Score (VPR) to help users focus on the most critical security threats.
Rich scan templates: Over 450 pre-configured templates are available, covering IT assets, mobile devices, cloud infrastructure, external attack surfaces, and web applications.
High accuracy and coverage: Nessus has the industry's lowest false positive rate (Six Sigma level) and broadest vulnerability coverage, supports over 77,000 CVEs, and releases more than 100 new plug-ins every week.
Ease of use: The intuitive interface supports quick configuration of scans and customized reports, suitable for security experts and small to medium businesses.