Industry Standard for Vulnerability Assessment
Automatically identify vulnerabilities, missing patches, misconfigurations, and other security issues across systems, devices, and applications.
Focus on vulnerabilities that represent the greatest risk to the organization. Risk analysis and prioritization help security teams plan remediation activities and make more effective use of available resources.
Use clear remediation recommendations and step-by-step guidance to address discovered vulnerabilities. Nessus supports IT teams throughout the remediation process, helping them resolve security issues more quickly.
Tenable Nessus is a proven vulnerability scanner and a strong starting point for evaluating the security of IT infrastructure. However, it is primarily a scanning tool and does not provide the advanced vulnerability management capabilities available in enterprise solutions.
Organizations that require centralized management of multiple scanners, historical vulnerability tracking, advanced risk analysis, threat prioritization, extensive reporting, or integration with broader security processes should consider Tenable Vulnerability Management or Tenable Security Center.
These solutions provide a more comprehensive approach to vulnerability and cyber risk management.
Capability | Nessus Professional | Nessus Expert |
IT infrastructure vulnerability scanning | ✓ | ✓ |
Compliance audits | ✓ | ✓ |
Live Results | ✓ | ✓ |
Risk-based prioritization | ✓ | ✓ |
Reporting and remediation guidance | ✓ | ✓ |
Web application scanning — DAST | — | ✓ |
External attack surface scanning — EASM | — | ✓ |
Infrastructure as Code — IaC scanning | — | ✓ |
