Vulnerability Scanning - Foren-Ken/tech-journal GitHub Wiki

Part of my work for Risk Assessment required the usage of vulnerability scanning tools to discover risks.

Installing Nessus on Debian:

Follow the following guide: https://docs.tenable.com/nessus/Content/InstallNessusLinux.htm

This guide requires the installation of a package (depending on OS) from this location. Then with the package matching the OS, using the dpkg command to install.
dpkg -i [Nessus Package]

Assuming no errors arose, the following command can be issued to start the Nessus service (for Debian). /bin/systemctl start nessusd.service
If the service is desired to be running at all times, the following commands can be issued: /bin/systemctl enable nessusd.service

With this step successfully done, the following can be typed into the search engine to start the configuration process: https://[hostname]:[provided port] or https://127.0.0.0:[provided port].

From the web browser, choose any license. For students, the Education Edition is a fine choice. From this point on, the configuration is very personalized and the Nessus wizard will guide through the steps.