History of Nessus
Originally, it was launched as an open-source tool in 1998, but its enterprise edition became a commercial product in 2005. It was developed in 1998 by Renaud Deraison as an open-source project, Nessus gained popularity for vulnerability scanning. It was acquired by Tenable in 2005, and it transitioned to a partially closed-source model, evolving with features like compliance scanning. Tenable introduced “Nessus Essentials” in 2017 and Tenable.io, a cloud platform leveraging Nessus. In 2023, Nessus remains a trusted tool for organizations globally, reflecting its commitment to adaptability and effectiveness in addressing cybersecurity challenges.
Explain Nessus tool in security testing
Nessus is a widely used vulnerability scanning tool in the field of cyber security and security testing. Nessus is a platform developed by Tenable that scans for security vulnerabilities in devices, applications, operating systems, cloud services, and other network resources. It is a remote security scanning tool, which scans a computer and raises an alert if it discovers any vulnerabilities that malicious hackers could use to gain access to any computer, that you have connected with any network. It does this by running over 1200 checks on a given computer, to see if any of these attacks could be used to break into the computer or otherwise harm it.
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