Tenable Nessus Reviews

We use Nessus for vulnerability assessment. Three or four engineers at my company are using it currently.

Nessus is effortless to integrate.

The reporting could be improved. The reporting in Rapid7 is much better.

Nessus performs well.

Nessus is scalable.

I'm happy with Tenable's technical support. 

Nessus is easy to set up, and it only takes about two hours to deploy. 

I rate Tenable Nessus nine out of 10. Nessus isn't suitable for everyone. It depends on the case. If you need reporting for the COs and stuff, Rapid7 is better. However, if you are implementing it as part of an ongoing VA or retention operation, you should probably use Tenable.

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 using Tenable Nessus real-time monitoring.

The most valuable feature of Tenable Nessus is real-time monitoring.

Tenable Nessus could improve by having more steady updates which will reduce the vulnerabilities.

I have been using Tenable Nessus for approximately 10 years.

Tenable Nessus is a stable solution, we are fairly satisfied.

I rate the scalability of Tenable Nessus an eight out of ten.

Most of the people using this solution at this time are managers.

The technical support has been very useful. They are helpful.

I rate the technical support from Tenable Nessus a four out of five.

The initial setup has been straightforward. However, we are trying to roll out our agents and find all of our devices which we have experienced some challenges. The whole process has taken us approximately three months.

We are doing the implementation in-house.

I would advise others that if this solution fits your use case then I would try it out. Different environments require different solutions.

I rate Tenable Nessus an eight out of ten.

Over 15.000 active assets|inside 10 companies belonging to the group, the biennium recurrent project mapped the real situation, in parallel with photography of IT/Security maturity through three main domains: processes, people, and technology. 5 TOEs: Infrastructure, Databases (SQL and Oracle in deep), AWS Cloud, Connectivity (Routers, Switches, and Firewalls against/based CIS) and Web Application instances (partial tests). Nessus running over a hardened Linux customized with HA (High Availability).

Nessus has more plugins/add-ons, tests, and templates than previous tools (OpenVas) and it is faster and customizable using CLI/API features. It offers enough resources for an interesting cost-benefit rating (for small and medium companies) and minus false-positive events per type of asset. 

It helped us to quickly produce a QuickWin report that guided the VulnerabilityMgmt actions and plans within the company's during the next 3-5 years using the same tool/investment/team for all companies inside the de group.  

Scanners and reports using CIS templates ("de-facto" standard, easy to fix and to locate correction tips in the documentation), tests against cloud providers, database profiles, several types of telecom devices, and other highly customizable scans. You can scale your environment to gradually increase the quality, depth, and quantity of the tests, enabling you to learn and gradually optimize your vulnerability management platform(s)/instance(s). The possibility of integration with other market tools (Kenna, Archer...) is another differential.

- Add the possibility to customize attributes that define the assets critical level based on the company's "business sense".

- Improve integration and tests for OT platforms, OT application, OT hardware, and non-Ethernet protocols.

- Improve the exchange of info/insights/attributes with RM (Risk Management) domain.

- Offer a more flexible strategic and high-level dashboards based on previous comments (minus technical and more business-oriented)

- Model OS costs (and its segregation schema for individual modules).

7+ years with Tenable and more than 15y with others.

Excellent. No one problem during operation time and deployment.

Enough (faster than OpenVAS engine).

It SLA/support are enough. 

Neutral

OpenVAS. We reached the previous level/threshold/maturity using OpenVas (more limited tool when compared with Nessus). I/We believe that, the change to a better tool (in this and in others categories) should be carried out when these indicators are reached.

Very simple and fast.

In-house.

Good. Nessus Pro combined with other xLAP solutions to offer a presentation/grouping layer is great. Using SC this curve/point of ROI is slower.

Start small, learn about your problems/fixing time and grow up gradually.

Several. OpenVas, Rapid7, Qualys, CORE* and Retina.

A cost/benefit interesting tool.

We're using Tenable Nessus to manage vulnerabilities.

What I like most about Tenable Nessus is its vulnerability scanning feature.

A room for improvement which I see in Tenable Nessus is the inventory management function.

I've been working with Tenable Nessus for two years now.

I'm satisfied with the stability of Tenable Nessus.

We have not tried to scale up Tenable Nessus. The number of users we have when we started using it is still the same.

Technical support for this solution was good. They were responsive.

The initial setup for this solution was easy.

We implemented Tenable Nessus through a vendor team, and the process took one month to complete. They were good.

This solution is affordable. We pay a standard fee. We pay for the license yearly.

I work with different products, e.g. firewalls, PAM technology, antivirus, WAF, and proxy. I'm handling information security in the government, not as a consultant. I deal with government procedures.

We deployed this solution on hardware, on VM.

We have 10 users of Tenable Nessus, and they are a mix of engineers and managers.

I'm scoring Tenable Nessus a ten out of ten.

The reports should be improved in Tenable Nessus. For example, when you are auditing compliance with CIS standards. It provides very poor reports.

I have been using Tenable Nessus for approximately one year.

The stability is very good.

Tenable Nessus has been scalable.

My advice to others is for them to focus on the cloud solution, and do as much as possible in the cloud.

I rate Tenable Nessus an eight out of ten.

We primarily use the solution for our customer vApp, the dynamic application testing using NetWeb application and security and the infra scanning. It allows us to do a weekly scan for our customers. 

The solution was a great help during the pandemic for closing down all those open vulnerabilities. Continuous scanning of the infra was helpful for identification on the web applications level.

The solution is the most dynamic one I have seen thus far. It is one of the best available solutions. It is the best vulnerability tool that is available at present. 

While Tenable Nessus is a good enterprise solution, the high price would likely make it prohibitive to smaller organizations. 

We feel the licensing cost to be too high for our customers and us. 

EQA's and dashboards should be addressed in the next release. 

We have been using Tenable Nessus for four or five years. I believe that our practice team is doing so. 

The solution is highly reliable. 

Scalability is not an issue. 

Tech support is good. I think we are now partnered with Tenable.

The initial setup was straightforward. The solution was very easy to set up and configure.

We have a yearly subscription license. 

We have a partnership for filling Tenable Nessus as a manager product for our customers. 

Though it is a good enterprise solution, it is likely too highly priced for smaller organizations. 

We feel the licensing cost to be too high for our customers and us.

We have both on-premises and cloud-based deployment in our organization. 

The solution is good. 

I rate Tenable Nessus as a nine out of ten. 

I'm currently using the Nessus essentials for testing, it's installed on my Notebook. My company has only been in operation for one month so as soon as I close with my first client, I will buy the professional version. I used the solution in my previous job. 

I have chosen Nessus because it's very simple to use and install. Depending on the number of assets you scan, Nessus is also an affordable solution. Products such as Tenable IO and RapidLab, can become expensive depending on the number of IPs. So Nessus Pro is perfect for my needs right now.

I'd like to see a dashboard for this product because the report for counters is too simple. There needs to be something better for the client.

I've been using this solution for five years. 

This solution is stable. 

The solution is definitely scalable. 

I've never needed to contact Tenable support, I've been able to resolve any issues myself. 

The initial setup is very easy. Deployment takes less than two hours, it's simple.

It's important to test the solution so you know that it works for your situation. They have a trial version so it's easy to test before you purchase it. 

I rate this solution eight out of 10. 

Tenable Nessus has a good performance, is very user-friendly, and is easy to use.

The solution should be able to support more devices.

I have been using Tenable Nessus for approximately one year.

I have one customer that is using this solution.

The installation of Tenable Nessus is straightforward, and it can take a couple of hours.

I am able to do the deployment myself.

There is an annual license required to use this solution.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate Tenable Nessus a nine out of ten.

I'm using Tenable Nessus for my personal projects and vulnerability assessment, but I can't discuss what I do at work with you.

I have experience with it on my attack stations, and it's pretty good to optimize. Personally, I think Nessus is quite a good product.

Some things in the user interface could be better. The user interface could allow more adjustments to plugins. The price could also be better.

I have been using Tenable Nessus as a worker in America for about 15 years now.

Technical support could be more knowledgeable. Their support right now goes from awkward to funny. Sorry to say that, but Tenable Nessus support isn't working as it should. They act fast, but their solutions don't always work. I've been in several situations at work where I had to find my own solutions.

The initial setup and installation are pretty straightforward. Let's say 15 minutes to compile the plugin. It would take about half an hour to an hour to set up and deploy.

One problem with Tenable is its pricing policy. Optimal results can be achieved with Greenbone Solutions which has much more friendly pricing policies.

On a scale from one to ten, I would give Tenable Nessus an eight.