Tenable Nessus Vulnerability & Compliance Auditing
Course Description
This instructor-led or On Demand hands-on course provides security professionals with the skills and knowledge necessary to perform vulnerability and compliance scanning of supported operating systems, devices and applications. Students will construct custom scan policies for topology discovery, network vulnerability detection, credentialed patch audits and compliance benchmarks and discuss the underlying technologies utilized by the Nessus scanner.
How to Purchase
To purchase the Tenable Nessus Vulnerability & Compliance Auditing On Demand course, please visit the Tenable Online Store.
To purchase the Tenable Nessus Vulnerability & Compliance Auditing instructor-led course (delivered in the classroom, at your location or virtually via WebEx), please contact a Tenable Network Security sales representative at sales@tenable.com. Once the training has been ordered, you will be contacted by a Tenable training representative to schedule your course and answer any additional questions you may have.
Audience
- IT security analysts, security consultants or auditors that wish to use all of the features available as part of the Nessus ProfessionalFeed.
- Tenable SecurityCenter users that wish to gain an in depth understanding of Tenable Nessus vulnerability scanning and how to create custom scan policies and .audit files to perform configuration auditing.
Course Outline
- Introduction to Tenable Nessus and Vulnerability Scanning
- Nessus Installation and Administration
- Basic Nessus Scan Operation
- Nessus Scan Configuration and Policy Creation
- Vulnerability Analysis and Reporting with Nessus
- Advanced Scan Configuration and Policy Creation
- Introduction to Compliance and Auditing
- Nessus Auditing Features
- Windows System Auditing
- Unix System Auditing
- Cisco IOS Auditing
- Nessus Database Auditing
- Nessus Content Auditing
- Auditing to Industry Guidelines
- Auditing to Federal Guidelines
Certification
This course provides students with the necessary information to prepare for the Tenable Certified Nessus Auditor (TCNA) exam. Please note that the exam is available separately at an additional charge.
Additional Information
- On Demand course lecture is delivered by Marcus J. Ranum, Tenable CSO and industry expert.
- Students should possess a basic understanding of TCP/IP networking, operating systems security and common client/server applications.
- Tenable has notified (ISC)² of our training and you may receive CPE credits for any security related training whether by an institution or vendor.
- If you cancel your order, there will be a restocking fee. Please contact us at sales@tenable.com to determine the fee.
- On Demand training must be registered within 6 months of purchase and completed within 90 days of registration. Instructor-led training must be completed within six (6) months of purchase.
Prerequisites
Students should have administrative access to their laptop and possess a basic understanding of TCP/IP networking, operating systems security and common client/server applications.
Training Location and Time
Classroom training is offered in our Columbia, Maryland training facility from 9 am to 5 pm Eastern time and class size is limited to 12 students. Virtual training is offered via WebEx and is delivered during Tenable normal business hours. Virtual class size is limited to 12 students (9 am to 5 pm EST). On Demand training is offered at your own pace, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.