Creating and performing a vulnerability scan with Nessus is quite easy; however, the mindset of a cybersecurity professional is most needed during the analysis phase. Nessus makes the analysis of the results easy. When a scan has been completed, you'll be able to view the list of vulnerabilities found by selecting the Vulnerabilities tab, as shown in the following screenshot:
Now, we are able to see a list of vulnerabilities found on the target. Nessus provides us with the severity rating, name of the vulnerability, and the amount found:
To get more details on a vulnerability, click on the specific vulnerability, such as the one highlighted in the preceding screenshot. Nessus will provide you with a detailed description of the selected vulnerability, the risk information, plugin details, remediation, and external referencing, as shown in the following...