Nessus is a versatile, cross-platform tool tailored for network administrators to identify security vulnerabilities in local networks or personal computers, regardless of the operating system. It leverages an extensive plugin database to detect known vulnerabilities, ensuring comprehensive security assessments. Users can customize security policies to focus on relevant areas, excluding unnecessary ones, such as ignoring Unix vulnerabilities on a Windows network. The plugins tab in the policy creation or editing options lists all resources Nessus can analyze, covering various operating systems, network protocols, firewalls, and databases. Enhance your network security effortlessly with Nessus.


It's hard to decide with Nessus. The scanning features are fantastic; no doubt about that! But sometimes I feel lost in all the options. It's a mixed bag, really. Need to weigh the pros and cons more!