Likelihood to Recommend SDLC deployment is simple. simple to use The coverage is thorough and complete as a DAST product.
Read full review Nessus is perfectly suitable for performing comprehensive vulnerability assessment scans being a vulnerability scanner. It is less appropriate for performing penetration testing since it is not a penetration testing tool, it does not have the ability and modules to exploit the vulnerabilities of the system.
Read full review Pros Detection of vulnerabilities Scanning pipelines Integration is super easy Scanned cloud based applications Read full review With Nessus we can find the missing critical patches for a server or workstations. Nessus points out any vulnerable or outdated software Technologies used in the system, thus eliminating any chances for security flaws being turned up. Nessus typically points any configuration level issues in accordance with the OWASP guidelines. Even the configuration of SSL related which are most of the time handled by some vendors or 3rd parties. Nessus not only lists out these Vulnerabilities but describes clearly the vulnerabilities in details with its thousands of plugins updated regularly, the tool also recommends solution with practical details of easy implementation. Read full review Cons Reporting could be better Can be an involved setup if your organization is not using common build tools Users get spammed with a lot of email updates from the service Read full review Could use an upgrade within reports. Scans can take a long time to complete. Have to break them down in small sections. Read full review Likelihood to Renew Since every firm needs to perform static code analysis on their applications, I believe Micro Focus Fortify WebInspect would work well for them (they also offer dynamic scanning, although I haven't used it myself). Different static analysis tools scan code in different ways, and Micro Focus Fortify WebInspect asks you to submit a complete build of the application along with debugging files. Depending on how your company builds its apps, this requirement may be simple or challenging.
Read full review Nessus is best and easy to use application for Vulnerabilities finding and reporting, it has multiple platforms and wide scope covering almost all devices for security improvement so far, thus we are very likely to continue its services.
Read full review Usability It's very much a plug and play application that the user can go into with limited knowledge and set-up scans in minutes.
Read full review Support Rating Always receive excellent support from the vendor. No issues there.
Gene Baker Vice President, Chief Architect, Development Manager and Software Engineer
Read full review I haven't needed to contact support yet. But issues are easily solved with a quick internet search which means support and by extension, the larger community are involved and knowledgeable.
Read full review Alternatives Considered Fortify Application Defender is a little more timely and upfront with a lot of their information on cyber security. we like what they provide and how they communicate with our users. I think they have a good understanding and practice in their field. they seem best suited for us and the best fit.
Read full review Sometimes when we identify a vulnerability with Nessus that has an exploit, we made a proof of concept with
Metasploit in order to show to the IT managers the importance of the software/hardware hardening.
Read full review Return on Investment DevSecOps helped in reducing efforts License cost was less We could roll out double the count of applications with implementation of WebInspect Read full review Nessus certainly has a positive impact while me while performing my job, either as security research, or performing vulnerability assessments for clients. It gives a lot of information about the system/application after performing scans. The number of false positives is also less compared to other vulnerability scanners. The professional edition is very useful as policy templates available in this edition are very handy and useful even to perform compliance scan like PCI DSS scan. Also, the ability to export the scan results into reports in formats like HTML, PDF is very useful which could be for performing system/application reviews. Read full review ScreenShots