Specifications

For Further Information

Tenable has produced a variety of documents detailing Nessus’ installation, deployment, configuration, user operation,

and overall testing:

 Nessus 6.1 Installation and Configuration Guide – step by step walk through of installation and configuration

 Nessus 6.1 User Guide – how to configure and operate the Nessus User Interface

 Nessus Enterprise 6.1 User Guide – how to configure and operate the Nessus User Interface for Nessus

Enterprise

 Nessus Enterprise Cloud User Guide – describes use of Nessus Enterprise Cloud and includes subscription

and activation, vulnerability scanning, compliance reporting, and Nessus Enterprise Cloud support

 Nessus v6 Command Line Reference – describes the command line tools of Nessus

 Nessus Credentialed Checks for Unix and Windows – information on how to perform authenticated network

scans with the Nessus vulnerability scanner

 Nessus Compliance Checks – high-level guide to understanding and running compliance checks using Nessus

and SecurityCenter

 Nessus Compliance Checks Reference – comprehensive guide to Nessus Compliance Check syntax

 Nessus v2 File Format – describes the structure for the .nessus file format, which was introduced with Nessus

3.2 and NessusClient 3.2

 Nessus 5.0 REST Protocol Specification – describes the REST protocol and interface in Nessus

 Nessus and Antivirus – outlines how several popular security software packages interact with Nessus, and

provides tips or workarounds to allow the software to better co-exist without compromising your security or

hindering your vulnerability scanning efforts

 Nessus and Mobile Device Scanning – describes how Nessus integrates with Microsoft Active Directory and

mobile device management servers to identify mobile devices in use on the network

 Nessus and Scanning Virtual Machines – describes how Tenable Network Security's Nessus vulnerability

scanner can be used to audit the configuration of virtual platforms as well as the software that is running on them

 Strategic Anti-malware Monitoring with Nessus, PVS, and LCE – describes how Tenable's USM platform can

detect a variety of malicious software and identify and determine the extent of malware infections

 Patch Management Integration – document describes how Nessus and SecurityCenter can leverage credentials

on the Red Hat Network Satellite, IBM TEM, Dell KACE 1000, and Microsoft WSUS and SCCM patch management

systems to perform patch auditing on systems for which credentials may not be available to the Nessus scanner

 Real-Time Compliance Monitoring – outlines how Tenable’s solutions can be used to assist in meeting many

different types of government and financial regulations

 Tenable Products Plugin Families – provides a description and summary of the plugin families for Nessus, Log

Correlation Engine, and the Passive Vulnerability Scanner

 SecurityCenter Administration Guide