Tenable Nessus Reviews

Nessus was used to scan vulnerabilities and compliances in our clients' networks and with this, carry out the remediation process through constant cycles in time until threats to the network are considerably reduced. The environments are small business networks (less than 50 employees), and so far there have been no major impediments in the scans performed.

Nessus has greatly improved the security of our clients' networks. The comfortable management of their systems makes it easier for engineers to use the codes for each vulnerability or compliance. Deploying the server to launch the scans is very easy, and only the necessary prerequisites for scanning should be fulfilled. Nessus has been very valuable to the company.

The comprehensive coverage offered by Nessus has been the most remarkable; it really does everything that has been asked of the software.

It's great, the possibility of automating implementations and really your database is immense for all the compliances and vulnerabilities.

Tenable University is great and allows to train all the personnel in charge of making the scans in an optimal and effective way.

• I think that the next versions could improve the graphical interface to make more intuitive the management of the reports. 
• Additionally, it could include better features in the vulnerability scan at the language level.

Nessus is very stable and really works in diverse environments without any difficulty. The most important thing is to establish the necessary requirements.

Scalability of this type of software does not seem so relevant.

The Tenable support is very good and has really solved in a timely manner the problems that have occurred in the various projects.

In the company, Qualys was used, and it was not possible to manage the projects with this tool.

Quite simple and comfortable.

Internal team.

Phenomenal.

The costs are not high, considering all the support and service offered by Tenable.

Scans using agents are very useful, and taking advantage of them is the best way to take advantage of the tool.

Primarily, I use this for assessment and administration testing.

I find the features that are most valuable are the policies that help us identify the vulnerabilities. These policies are then used for scanning and identifying instabilities.

The reporting functionality needs improvement. I think it would be beneficial to have a high level explanation for a particular user. 

It is very stable, based on our past experience. We have had some false positives in the past, which we hope can improve in the future.

The scalability is fine. It is tied to the licensing agreement. We currently have 20 people using this tool in our organization. It is primarily used by people in our cellular team. If we see a need to add more users in the future, we will renegotiate our licensing agreement to do so. 

We have not needed to contact tech support much. We contacted them about the false positives, and they were helpful. 

We also evaluated Netplus. 

The installation is very straightforward and easy. We did not use a third-party installer. 

I think the price is fairly affordable. It provides a license that is fair.

My primary use case of this solution is for scanning internal networks.

We use Tenable Nessus for scanning. We find lots of vulnerabilities and then we reduce the time spent on finding inbox vulnerabilities. Of course, Tenable streamlines the process. It has been a positive experience overall.

Tenable can scan for missing patches for the endpoints. We can scan it and then, once we can support any endpoint without patching, we inform our users.

We wanted to do a lot of Hardening and we have to make sure that all endpoints are up to the certain Hardening standard and we propose the CIS benchmark to do this. That's why we use Tenable to do scanning frequency and to ensure the quality of the endpoints.

This is still a maturing product. Tenable is only a scanner for one ability, while other solutions like Rapid7 have more tools for verification. We still have to manually verify to see if the vulnerability is a false positive or not. 

It is stable. We have not had any major issues. It performs as scheduled and scans as needed.

In terms of scalability, there is an issue with cloud servers. You need the internet bandwidth to do the testing. They consume a lot of bandwidth and they use the cloud scanners for the scanning. 

I usually use the dashboard for support. It shows the critical vulnerabilities from low to high. They are very responsive when necessary. 

The implementation was straightforward. First, we noticed whether everything was ready, then we got a license key, set up some basic scanning using a default template, and finally, we scheduled time. 

The price of Tenable Nessus is much more competitive versus other solutions on the market. 

We were manually scanning before using Tenable Nessus. We looked at Rapid7 but we are satisfied with Tenable Nessus. 

I would suggest that people considering this solution should choose the cloud-based solution versus the on-premise version.

This is something that allows us to quickly get a really important information context. We can now deliver highly professional consulting using the product.

From my point of view, the solution basically is not for large enterprises. I also think there should be built-in plugins for the public cloud vendors.

I'm happy with stability, there's no problem from my point of view.

For an average sized company or for smaller enterprises, this solution is suitable. But, for large enterprises it's not a good choice. We have one customer with more than 5,000 servers. I do not think it will be suitable for that customer.

We communicated via email to solve our issue. The experience was quite good for us.

We switched because our previous solution was too expensive for us.

My advice when choosing a vendor is to always consider:

• Trustworthiness
• Quality
• Price

We looked at Tenable, Qualys and Rapid7. We found Tenable was the best of all three.

I use Tenable Nessus to evaluate the security posture of multiples acquisitions before integrating them to our network.

Tenable Nessus has helped us visualize the security posture of acquisitions. It provides actionable recommendations to the implementation team towards security remedies.

I have found the remedy recommendation feature helpful, as it:

• Provides multiple recommendations towards the remedy of vulnerabilities.
• Allows me to prioritize efforts and utilize effective technical resources.

• They should improve the I/O reporting and the customized spreadsheet export feature.
• Multiple steps to create an actionable plan will be a great addition to Nessus.

I primarily use Nessus for vulnerability management, including scanning, identifying, and assessing risks.

Nessus' most valuable feature is vulnerability management because it helps to discover vulnerabilities proactively and integrates with patch management solutions so you can push patches.  

Nessus' reporting could be more user-friendly.

I've been using Nessus for more than three years.

I would rate Nessus' stable five out of five.

Nessus is scalable.

Tenable's technical support has a very good turnaround time.

The initial setup is straightforward, and deployment takes up to five days.

The ROI from Nessus is good - it allows us to proactively discover vulnerabilities and deploy patches before the worst-case scenario happens. I would rate the ROI five out of five.

Nessus is affordable, but its licensing model could be improved with more flexibility for adding assets.

I would advise anybody thinking of implementing Nessus that they should be competent with risk management language and do some training on the solution, otherwise, they won't understand anything. I would rate Nessus ten out of ten.

Tenable Nessus can be deployed on the cloud and on-premise.

I use Tenable Nessus for an internal secured scale.

The most valuable feature of Tenable Nessus is the self-updating engine. 

Tenable Nessus could improve the reporting.

I have been using Tenable Nessus for approximately three years.

Tenable Nessus is highly stable.

The scalability of Tenable Nessus is good.

I am the only one in cybersecurity using this solution in my organization.

Tenable Nessus is very easy to support and manage and this is why I have not needed to contact support.

The initial setup of Tenable Nessus is easy.

The is a free version of Tenable Nessus available.

In Brazil, it is about $3,500 per year.

My advice to others is for them to start using the free version to get used to the solution.

I rate Tenable Nessus an eight out of ten.

We are a solution provider and Tenable Nessus is one of the products that we implement for our clients.

The primary task that Tenable is focused on is vulnerability management.

This solution is easy to use.

It has a powerful set of features.

Tenable integrates well with other solutions such as SIEM and batch management. This is one of the things that we do to add value for our customers.

I have been working with Tenable Nessus for approximately nine years. This included six years with my previous company and another three years in my current organization. 

The stability is good.

This is a scalable product.

The support, as well as the portal, is very good.

The deployment is very easy to do. It takes less than one hour to complete.

Pricing is one of the most important features, and it is something that they can improve on.

In my region, our customers prefer Tenable over other products, like those offered by Qualys. They have approximately 80% of the market share.

Tenable is the best vulnerability management product in the world, and I recommend it.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.