Introducing the Nessus Vulnerabilities scanner

In this section, we review the Nessus Vulnerabilities scanner, which gives you reporting tools for the main vulnerabilities we find in servers and web applications.

Installing the Nessus Vulnerabilities scanner

Nessus is a popular vulnerability-scanning tool – it is very robust, and convenient for large corporate networks. It has a client-server architecture, which allows scans to be more scalable, manageable, and precise. In addition, it employs several security elements that allow easy adaptation to security infrastructures, and has very robust encryption and authentication mechanisms.

To install it, go to https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus and follow the instructions...