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Nessus (BYOL)

Tenable, Inc. | 10.8.3

Linux/Unix, Amazon Linux 20240903 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

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5-star reviews ( Show all reviews )

    Management Consulting

Reliable results!

  • April 14, 2021
  • Review provided by G2

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


    Non-Profit Organization Management

Nessus is a simple to use and effective vulnerability management software

  • April 14, 2021
  • Review provided by G2

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


    Taha K.

Super experience using Nessus

  • April 14, 2021
  • Review provided by G2

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


    Dipesh J.

Nessus is one of the best VA scanners I have used till date

  • April 14, 2021
  • Review verified by G2

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
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)
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


    Michael H.

Does it's job without drama.

  • December 15, 2020
  • Review verified by G2

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.


    Dave E.

Ease of use and great support

  • December 10, 2020
  • Review verified by G2

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


    Ricardo R.

Simply vulnerability

  • November 03, 2020
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Easy to use
Easy to install
Million users
What do you dislike about the product?
Unlimited and sold directly on their website
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
If you are a small company with lots of emails Nessus gives you the protection you may need
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Buy from reseller that can support you


    Jaime P.

Nessus helps to know the vulnerability surface

  • October 13, 2020
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Easy to use, to configure, you can trust in the vuln they found, they are where it say in any host, server or webservice you have scaned. Other thing is the number os assets you can scan is more than other where you have to pay per host number, in this you can pay for license and you can scan any number of host in your own network.
What do you dislike about the product?
Is not easy to analize data from the reports and some times is teddious to find the plugin name or number to find the error or for example, to know if the credentials for the current scan is ok or no
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
To know the host in the network (host discover), scan for vulnerabilities in the assets and the web services we have. All the information we need is given by Nessus.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you are looking for the best vulnerability scanner for host, you have to try Nessus. If you want to know about credentials, blackbox scans, are part of red team or security at home or little bussines you can do a scan to know the vulnerabilities that have you infraestructure (all of them)


    Miguel Antonio D.

Best Scanner

  • September 21, 2020
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
the product of tenable are very friendly, usefully and powerfull
What do you dislike about the product?
actually i really comfortable with the suite.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Massive scan in specific ports to resolve some issues...
Recommendations to others considering the product:
it is an amazing tool to security IT


    Vinod B.

Nessus is a comprehensive tool.

  • August 26, 2020
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Its documentation was highly adaptable so that security information can be easily shared with several other participants throughout the company.
What do you dislike about the product?
I really haven't disliked one such product until now.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
This tool is addressed all the challenges with that kind of Nessus, namely recognizing the bugs and missed patch and now you could even search the computer systems.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It's an outstanding tool. You could utlize in your project.