The Growth of Vulnerability Assessment: A Look at What Nessus Offers Today
by Jack Daniel on March 11, 2021
The Nessus team continues to develop advanced assessment capabilities, including visibility into new operating systems, exploitable vulnerabilities and container instances.
When Renaud Deraison first announced Nessus on Bugtraq on Apr. 4, 1998, it was an “alpha” release. Today, as Nessus nears its 23rd birthday, the alpha release has become the alpha vulnerability scanner, the most widely adopted vulnerability assessment tool in the world.