Many settings in the Tenable Nessus vulnerability scanner are commonly misconfigured. Many of these are set by default and prevent you from getting accurate results. In this video, you'll learn how to configure Nessus to ensure you're performing thorough vulnerability assessments on all your Windows and Linux hosts.

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0:00 Nessus Introduction
1:00 Nessus policy configuration
7:55 Nessus login scan
9:10 Nessus Compliance Checks
10:43 Example of a Nessus report

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