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Nessus (BYOL)

Tenable, Inc.

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    Marketing and Advertising

Tenable Nessus gets the job done

  • July 11, 2023
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
This product is great because it is fast, easy to use and very cost effective.
What do you dislike about the product?
It would be great to offer the cloud version at a similar price but you can achieve the same using your own cloud VM.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Automate scans and create reports easily.


    Financial Services

Vulnerability assessments with a trusted platform

  • July 06, 2023
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
The user friendlyness, and the frequent updates of signatures
What do you dislike about the product?
Nessus pro wont allow creating multiple users.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Vulnerability scanning on the servers


    Telecommunications

Good

  • July 05, 2023
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
How user friendly it is in regards to interface and showing the vulnerabilities
What do you dislike about the product?
There is nothing that i could thing about right now.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Finding vulnerabilities in my organization web services.


    Felipe R.

Overall Experience

  • June 22, 2023
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Have been experiencing some issues regarding the scans, they didn't work properly on the last month, scans finish but it doesn't show any information
What do you dislike about the product?
Give NFR so engineers can test features, develop use cases and more
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Security vulnerabilities discovery, Compliance, Security posture.


    Justin P.

Great scanning capability and insight

  • May 26, 2023
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Ease of use. Intuitive user interface. Functional output with actionable results.
What do you dislike about the product?
Hard drive space has been a consistent issue with the number of scans we run. Centralizing the results in the cloud is not always a solution for us.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Tenable makes scanning for vulnerabilities within our on-prem environment quick and easy. It has become a primary tool leveraged by our SOC analysts.


    Jim L.

Since using Nessus various vulnerabilities have turned up that other products didn't catch at all

  • May 18, 2023
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Can't beat the results of having up to date network
What do you dislike about the product?
they keep me on my toes when i'd rather relax
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Catches what other apps have missed, i get an email daily from the selected scheduled group scan, daily to keep my quiet moments filled up


    Paul S.

Tenable Nessus Pro works well to help us achieve PCI-DSS compliance

  • May 17, 2023
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Tenable Nessus Pro works well to help us achieve PCI-DSS compliance. We scan our servers monthly and remediate any vulnerabilities as needed. When it comes to our annual PCI-DSS audit we provide the Nessus Pro reports to our QSA.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is nothing to dislike about Tenable Nessus Pro. It gives us all the information needed to find and remediate any vulnerabilities on our development and production servers.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Easily and efficiently helps us uncover and remediate any security vulnerabilities and maintain our PCI-DSS compliance.


    Paul W.

Tenable Nessus - great and flexible vulnerability assessment tool

  • May 17, 2023
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Pluggins are updated very frequently to include latest vulnerabilities with suggestions of how to address them.
API and interfaces to export the scan results works well.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes we don't get notifications of updates to the prduct and therefore we fall behind latest updates.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
we need to know which vulnerabilities are on all the servers and clients and how critical they are - this system gives us this information.


    Lavesh K.

Nessus Review

  • May 14, 2023
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Tenable Nessus is versatile and flexible to use. This software can be used to security scans, network scanning, vulnerability assessment and scanning. It's interface is user friendly and anyone can use it very easily. It has ability to automate scanning and reporting tasks. This software can help to organization for identifying vulnerability, threats to their systems and networks.
What do you dislike about the product?
It can be expensive and it may use in larger organization that requires high functionality and support. It is designed for user friendly interface but still it requires a knowledge or training to get useful. It consumes more time for scanning. It up to individual decision whether they require this software or not on the basis of their software requirements.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is designed for vulnerability scanning, network scanning. Also it identifies the misconfigurations, vulnerabilities in the system or networks. This software can be beneficial for those who handle sensitive information or data. For example, healthcare, financial management, government agencies. It also help organization's improve their security posture and prevent their systems from various types of cyber attacks, malwares, threats, viruses.


    reviewer2075424

Helps with vulnerability management trafficking across an entire group

  • May 12, 2023
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution for vulnerability management trafficking across an entire group.

What is most valuable?

I am impressed with the tool's vulnerability scanning.

What needs improvement?

The tool needs to upgrade asset tracking.

For how long have I used the solution?

I am using the tool for two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is extremely stable. I would rate the tool's stability a nine out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I didn't encounter any issues with scalability and I would rate it a nine out of ten. We have around 3000 user endpoints that are being monitored. My company has around 20 users for the tool.

How are customer service and support?

Our local partner helps with the support.

How was the initial setup?

I would rate the tool's setup a seven out of ten. It is not an easy setup but with proper support, the process is doable.

What was our ROI?

The solution gives us ROI since it offers visibility and helps to tighten controls in our network.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I would like to see better discounts.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate the solution a nine out of ten. It is one of the best tools to use if compliance is your priority.