Nessus is a vulnerability scanning platform for auditors and security analysts. Users can schedule scans across multiple scanners, use wizards to easily and quickly create policies, schedule scans and send results via email.
Main features:
- Vulnerability assessment.
- Malware/Botnet detection.
- Configuration & compliance auditing.
v6.2 [Jan 21, 2015]
New features:
- Compliance and System Hardening Policies.
- Compliance and System Hardening Policy Editor.
- Automatic Updating.
- Nessus RESTful API.
- New Policy Editor.
- Selective Host Re-Scanning.
Other Features and Enhancements:
- Cisco ISE Integration.
- Exporting Scan Results Workflow Improvements.
- Nessus Scanner Management Overview.
- Unified Scan View.
- New Compliance & System Hardening Policies.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Support.
