Nessus Home Is Now Nessus Essentials
We’ve given Nessus Home a refresh, and we’re excited to share with you the new and updated free vulnerability assessment solution, Nessus Essentials.
As part of the Nessus family, Nessus Essentials is a free vulnerability assessment solution for up to 16 IPs that provides an entry point into the Tenable ecosystem.
Backed by market leading functionality from Nessus Professional, Nessus Essentials gives you the accuracy and speed you need to discover, prioritize and remediate vulnerabilities.
Now, with Nessus Essentials, you get:
- Asset discovery scanning, limited to 16 IPs for vulnerability assessment.
- The power of Tenable Research. Our research team works closely with the security community to discover new vulnerabilities and provide insights into published vulnerabilities to help organizations quickly detect them in their environment. These insights are built into Nessus Essentials to keep you up to date on the latest vulnerabilities.
- No time limit for usage. Use Nessus Essentials for as long as it meets your needs. Should you require advanced features and the ability to scan more than 16 IPs, you can seamlessly upgrade to Nessus Professional.
- Access to the Nessus training curriculum. Enjoy access to Tenable University training classes to help you understand and take full advantage of Nessus Essentials.
- Community Engagement. Engage with your peers and the Tenable team in the Tenable Community to get your questions answered quickly and get tips and tricks for optimizing your product.
Learn more
- Visit the Nessus Family page, or download Nessus Essentials now.
- Looking for more advanced capabilities such as live results and configuration checks, as well as the ability to scan unlimited IPs? Check out Nessus Professional.
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