Nessus

Avantages

For threats that are generally manageable and can easily be detected, Nessus is the to go-to scanner of choice

Inconvénients

For novice administrator, more especially for those with less computer savviness, the configuration of this is very challenging

Avantages

una volta era un ottimo prodotto ma negli ultimi tempi è veramente peggiorato attualmente sono stato costretto a cercare nuove soluzioni, gratuito per i clienti piccolini va bene

Inconvénients

poco chiaro in alcuni tipologie di scansioni, non trova più nulla

Avantages

We have an amazing scanning functionality with NESSUS and it's scheduled so all I have to do is look at the report then can use that to report to the committees

Inconvénients

It can be troublesome to setup the very first time but when it is set up it is a breeze to use

Avantages

is a great product to scan systems for vulnerabilities, nice GUI and easy to manage. customer support has also been great to us

Inconvénients

I would have like that it had more documentation and books about this tool to take out the most of it.

Avantages

Tenable Nessus is a great tool to perform security vulnerability assessment. Scans are fairly simple to run and result in a detailed report of vulnerabilities across the scanned network.

Inconvénients

I am still new to Nessus and have not experienced any negative results while using the tool through my training and testing.

Avantages

Installation and Implementation is really easy
Number of Plugins available to scan different environments
The UI is very user friendly

Inconvénients

Scan time can be improved.
Progress of scans is can be improved and list can be broke to IP's finished vs IP's still being scanned

Avantages

Nessus is an industry-standard tool for doing security evaluations. It is well known and does an admirable job and finding vulnerabilities. It provides clear and concise reports.

Inconvénients

It does take some familiarization to new admins to create new scans. This process could be more intuitive.

Avantages

I've been using Nessus since it's very beginning. Frankly speaking, I like the older implementations more. But the recent developments are more mainstream and corporate ready

It's fast, comprehensive, and up to date vulnerability scanner that save huge deal of manual testing

Inconvénients

Some plugins are buggy and can crash the testing system. Also licensing is a bit of a turn off, even though it's really worth it for professionals

Avantages

+ Fast when scanning
+ Allows to use only safe checks when run against production systems
+ Very good signatures of problems with low level of false positives
+ Vulnerability feeds are updated often
+ Possibility of scanning/checking cloud environments - AWS and Azure

Inconvénients

- Web interface might sometimes be tricky when sharing scans between multiple users
- Gets expensive with number of IP to scan

Avantages

Easy to use. Quick and qualitative scan. Ideal vulnerability manager.

Inconvénients

Require too much hardware resources. But the scanner is very fast.

Avantages

Excellent security dashboards, provides detailed vulnerability reports for each of your assests, with links to resolutions

Inconvénients

Sometimes can take a few scans to recognise that all the vulnerabilities have been addressed on an assest

Avantages

Easy to use and configure no matter if you are not an expert on the vulnerabilities topics. The dashboard gives you a real time data about the risks on your network . You can integrate this solution with for example ServiceNow to improve your Sercurity Response Times.

Inconvénients

You must know that as any sotware that goes through the network you must have valid credentials is order to obtain good results.

Avantages

Easy to use . Smart user interface. Perfect for beginners.

Inconvénients

Can not use Nessus to detect Web application vulnerabilities

Avantages

Ease to use, simple but meaningful reports, good support, clean interface.

Inconvénients

Some of the templates can be abit basic, but these can be edited to suit.

Avantages

It was a quick process to get an overview of the systems on my LAN and turn that data into actionable insights.

Inconvénients

Took some tuning to get reporting correct.

Avantages

Easy to use, cutting edge and constantly updated as demonstrated by ability to scan cloud environments and containers

Inconvénients

Slightly expensive, tough to view reports all in one place unless using tenable.io software

Avantages

To setup and run this is a quick program.
The program provides great detail on the vulnerabilities on each computer

Inconvénients

Without more than basic setup the scans can be picked up by virus scanners.
the Features are full but not complete.