Nessus (BYOL)
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Really like the technology and capability, but disappointed by feature limitations
What do you like best about the product?
Nessus has always been the most well-rounded vulnerability scanning solution. It does a better job across various OS, application, etc. platforms where other scanners often fall short.
What do you dislike about the product?
Tenable has crippled Nessus Professional by disallowing scans to be configured/managed via API, and restricting the ability to create multiple users. As a professional services firm, these capabilities have made the use of Nessus Pro more challenging.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Identifying vulnerabilities.
Comprehensive and customizeable
What do you like best about the product?
Comprehensive scanning and ability to see the exposed vulnerability and the corresponding remediation - also the single remediation suggestion that would get the most value that
What do you dislike about the product?
Loss of the API from previous version - we could get powershell scripts to obtain specific report results
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Patch management confirmations and exceptions - the ability to identify what hosts are being excepted out of patch management has been able to allow us to perform a more accurate risk assessment
Recommendations to others considering the product:
For performing the PCI assessment, this product made the checking of our hosts and that of the hosting provider's equipment so easy. Remember to VERIFY all of the hosts in the environment first, verify they are alive, use nessus to check for "undocumented hosts", and then run the vuln scanner. Always use creds to check the hosts for completeness.
Powerful but easy to use
What do you like best about the product?
I like the fact that Nessus provides you whith all of the information you need to resolve any issues found.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nessus can on occasion get out of sync and results are a bit wacky, doesn't happen often though.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Passing Federal Examiners audits!!!!!
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Good appliance.
I find the functionality useful
What do you like best about the product?
I like the vulnerability prioritization functionality best. It helps to determine which vulnerabilities to need to be addressed first
What do you dislike about the product?
Not always easy to learn. Training could be better.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We're trying to solve some of the shortcomings of Qualys. ie. better vulnerability detection.
Nessus - One-Stop Vulnerability Management
What do you like best about the product?
Detected vulnerabilities are easily researchable with the embedded links to Tennable's database.
What do you dislike about the product?
The interface is very plain but works better and is easier to navigate then other flashy tools.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Vulnerability management and remediation. Some problems can't be fixed with just installing a patch. For that, there is Nessus.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Check int the reporting aspect. It's very good.
Easy to use
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to use and manage. Simple to administer. Clean interface and very easy to install.
What do you dislike about the product?
need to purchase tenable.sc or tenable.io for more features
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
compliance/regulatory requirements; realized greater visibility in vulnerabilities not patched yet
Nessus Pro; afforadable and effective
What do you like best about the product?
The ease of use, configuration, and scheduling help us meet our compliance needs and provide a clear picture of vulnerabilities by group
What do you dislike about the product?
The recent change to single accounts means my analysts cannot create and run their own specialized ad-hoc scans.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It has greatly simplified out compliance reporting and mitigation strategies
Best platform for finding the loop holes in the network infrastructure
What do you like best about the product?
I like this tool because of the performance which is high and awesome.Nessus is the best tool where it used to scan the network infrastructure, Linux servers and windows servers which it finds the vulnerabilities and missing patches there will be less numbers of the false positive missing patches.
What do you dislike about the product?
Till now I did not found any dislike but the main thing is that the cost is more expensive.for individual user we need to buy this product there will be the huge cost.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I have used this tool because of the performance and the functionality which high and awesome this tool scans for the vulnerabilities and missing patches from the network infrastructure.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I advise to use this tool because of the performance and the functionality is very high and awesome.
Nessus Pro Review
What do you like best about the product?
Name recognition and it is relatively inexpensive when comparing to other products. It does a fine job and is relatively easy to setup and use. Additionally, technical support is very good.
What do you dislike about the product?
Reporting. There is a lack of good reporting. The account team is too passive. Not sure the roadmap of the company. The account team never proactively brings to our attention of new products, features and lineups.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
To determine vulnerability malware analysis.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Reporting is very important to us. However, the can reports in Nessus are not sufficient. It is difficult to generate custom reports for various department needs. I have dealt with their technical support team a lot and they are great. Their sales team, on the other hand, is a bit passive. Did not have quarterly review or annual review.
The industry standard for vulnerability scanning
What do you like best about the product?
Simple to configure most scans. Software upgrades are very smooth and easy, probably my favorite software to upgrade because of the lack of issues or hassle. In my experience, most companies use it so its a familiar tool no matter where I work. I like that it is a reliable product with a plethora of valuable data that can be used to increase an organizations security posture.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some false positives. Wish it was easier to search specific vulnerabilities and aggregate or sort results data. Would like the ability make notes in the software.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
A wonderful resource for assessing an organizations security posture. We have relied upon Nessus scan results numerous times to identify vulnerable systems when a new significant exploit has been announced.
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