Tenable Nessus Initial Setup

Matthew Weisler - PeerSpot reviewer
Sole Proprietor at Core-Infosec

The setup is straightforward. 

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JT
Former Employee of Orange Business Services as Head of Security Engineering at a comms service provider with 5,001-10,000 employees

The initial setup was easy.

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Wessam Altoumi - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Commercial Officer at Yamamah Information Technology & Communication Systems LLC

It is easy to deploy. It can be implemented in less than 10 days, but complex projects with ISO2007 and 001 compliance requirements can take more than a year.

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Tenable Nessus
March 2024
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NM
CISO at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

In May, the guys from Alem Systems came to my office and we finished everything for the installation. They showed me how to configure it, how to add new assets, how to check networks, Linux machines, Windows machines, etc.

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OmkarZarapkar - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager II at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

The setup is very straightforward. 

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Gabriel Clement - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead IT Security and Remediation at ARM Ltd

It is an easy solution to set up. The deployment is not lengthy. Within two hours, I had it up and running. 

There is no crazy maintenance needed. Sometimes when there are new updates, it just alerts you the moment you log into your appliance. It just alerts you and gives you room to do the updates. Sometimes it may just set automatically, and it picks the updates. When you log in, it asks for you to reinitialize your system, and you're good to go.

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Md. Shahriar Hussain - PeerSpot reviewer
Cybersecurity and Compliance Lead Engineer at Banglalink

The initial setup was very easy and took just a few hours. It's important to plan wisely before implementing. Know how many servers you have and try to project your future requirements so that you can estimate the total number of IPs you require. If the forecast is accurate, the solution is cost-efficient. We used consultants from Singapore and they installed some agents in our on-premise servers. Maintenance is very easy.

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Venugopal Potumudi - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at Tata Consultancy

The setup is quite straightforward and simple. I wouldn't describe the process as overly complex. 

The deployment time depends on how the endpoints are distributed. If it is a single one within one country and one region, it is very fast. We can do it in less than three months.

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SD
Cyber Security Expert at Birlasoft IndiaLtd.

Initial setup was easy. That's why I proposed the solution to my current organization. 

The deployment process completely depends on approvals and how we're getting the procurement of hardware and the licenses. It depends on the organization.

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AmardeepSingh - PeerSpot reviewer
Programmer at eClerx Services Limited

The initial setup of Tenable Nessus was straightforward, we did not have any issues.

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NikhilGupta1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager - SRE at Zenoti

For the initial setup, I need to deploy an agent on my systems. It's pretty straightforward. It's not very difficult.

I'm not really sure about how long it took, however, my understanding is it didn't take too long for our system. It was maybe a few minutes per system or maybe half an hour per system. Not more than that.

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BE
Security Analyst at PJM Interconnection

For our deployment of Tenable Nessus, there are elements of complexity. However, the complexity depends on the use case. The solution is not that difficult to implement, the complexity comes from the many things that are involved. You do not need to be an expert there are many parts that need to be set up.

We had Linux servers built and the Tenable Nessus software was installed on top of that. It was relatively simple as far as that goes.

I rate the ease of setup of Tenable Nessus a three out of five.

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Jairo Willian Pereira - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Manager at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Very simple and fast.

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JR
Information Security Manager at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It was straightforward and fast. It literally took a morning.

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LM
Cybersecurity Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

The setup itself is pretty straightforward. Because these are standalone systems, there are some additional steps that the IT team needs to do, but they pretty much have it down to where they could install the tools pretty easily and have it running reasonably quickly. 

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DD
Assistant Director for Computing and Network infrastructure at SRCE

Tenable Nessus' deployment is straightforward. 

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VA
Head of IT security at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

I would rate the tool's setup a seven out of ten. It is not an easy setup but with proper support, the process is doable. 

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ShanakaFernando - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

The initial setup of Tenable Nessus is straightforward. There is helpful documentation that is provided.

I rate the setup of Tenable Nessus a five out of five.

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DanielDurante - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at Clearsale

It is very easy. It is pretty straightforward.

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Sereyreach Dy - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Infrastructure Engineer at NP Secure Co.,Ltd

The initial setup of Tenable Nessus is very easy. You can get the application's installation file and implement it faster than ManageEngine, making it a simple process. I rate the initial setup of Tenable Nessus a nine out of ten.

The solution is deployed on an on-premises model.

With Tenable Nessus, you have a file, and you just need to install it. In the on-premises model of the solution, you have a dashboard or console that you go to, which is like an internal website that you have set up so that you can get access to the on-premises version of the product.

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RallisFarfarakis - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Security Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup was easy.

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MB
Works at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

The initial setup is very straightforward. It's not overly difficult, or complex.

I cannot recall how long the deployment process took. 

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Mona Nyachhyon - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at Monal Tech Pvt.Ltd.

The setup is easy. We use the deployment manual and followed the steps.

I rate the initial setup of Tenable Nessus a nine out of ten.

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ME
Chief Executive Officer at a outsourcing company with 11-50 employees

It is very easy to deploy.

This solution was deployed in 30 minutes, or less. It is very easy. It is straightforward, and out of the box.

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FC
Network Security Delivery Manager at alascom

The initial setup is very easy and straightforward. The VM can be done very quickly and the whole process takes approximately 30 minutes. The installation is quicker than others solutions, such as Qualys.

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JK
Security Architect at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup was straightforward. We were easily able to set up scan policies, asset groups, scan schedules, and start collecting data very quickly.

It wasn't complicated to define what we wanted to scan. It wasn't complicated to set up the credentialed scans, or to set up the different credentials for the different policies and different types of machines. Everything that that goes into building a scan policy was straightforward and we were able to get all of our assets scanned pretty quickly. Within 45 days of buying, we had good data and had done multiple scans already with all of our assets.

Our implementation strategy was that we wanted to set up credentialed scans for all of our machines as quickly as possible. We were working towards that and trying to get the coverage in Tenable as soon as possible.

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SA
Security Compliance Officer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I did not set it up myself, to begin with.

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Muhammad Kamran Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Information Security at NCCPL

The initial setup is very easy.

Anyone can deploy it, even the managers, the technical teams, the engineers.

I think it took five minutes.

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NS
Lead Cyber Security engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

The initial setup was straightforward.

We deployed under the release plan of 8.11.

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JK
Senior Systems Administrator at Government Scientific Source, Inc.

I found the setup to be simple. The interface was very intuitive. It was simple yet functional.

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Pathick Kerketta - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager (Information Security) at Girnarsoft Private Limited

The initial setup of Tenable Nessus is easy. The deployment took approximately 4 hours for the policies and the setup was not long.

I rate the initial setup of Tenable Nessus a nine out of ten.

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JF
Security Engineer at a media company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup has been straightforward. However, we are trying to roll out our agents and find all of our devices which we have experienced some challenges. The whole process has taken us approximately three months.

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AM
Senior Cyber Security Expert at a security firm with 11-50 employees

The installation was easy.

It took approximately six hours to install and deploy.

We need two for the deployment and maintenance, we have two or three people.

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DD
Senior Manager at a security firm with 201-500 employees

The initial setup was pretty straightforward. Within a week we had set up all of the infrastructure and were ready to deploy.

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Olajide Olusegun - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Team Lead at Atlas Security

The initial setup is straightforward. 

The deployment took us two days to install the SoC on all 100 of our workstations.

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SamiAyyash - PeerSpot reviewer
Threat Intelligence Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Nessus is easy to set up, and it only takes about two hours to deploy. 

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DN
Senior Consultant - Cyber Security Services at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup was straightforward. The solution was very easy to set up and configure.

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MZ
Assistant Manager of Information Security at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The installation of the solution was extremely easy. 

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MB
Sr. Information Security Engineer at Rewterz

The setup is straightforward. It takes about five to ten minutes to deploy and it is easy.

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Kai Boon Giam - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at Data Connect Technologies Pte Ltd

The initial setup is straightforward. It is very easy.

It takes less than 10 minutes to install.

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FF
IT Security Operations Analyst at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup was straightforward.

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VP
Vulnerability Management Analyst at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

We had some help with the initial setup. We were able to use our vendor's expertise and have them walk us through any issues we had.

However, we completely handle the maintenance now that is it up and running. We have admins who deal with any upkeep.

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KC
President and Sr CISO Consultant at Micro Strategies

The initial setup was straightforward. It was easy-peasy. I just said, "Run," and it set it up. After that, it was a matter of putting in my company's information and setting up a scan. It wasn't hard at all. It was very intuitive, very easy.

It took about half-an-hour.

All I had to do was download the software, install it, and run it. That was it.

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RT
IT Manager at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees

The initial setup of Tenable Nessus is simple. It took us approximately one hour to do the process.

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MH
Implementation Engineer at GFx Soluciones

Quite simple and comfortable.

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MS
CEO at Screenit Labs Pvt Ltd

The initial setup is pretty easy.

When we use the scales we find it to be easy.

In our experience a complete deployment and start-up, it takes only a few hours.

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Mahmoud_Mohamed - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Engineer at IP Protocol INC

Tenable Nessus is easy to deploy and manage.

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Ali Al-Mahrooqi - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

The initial setup for this solution was easy.

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MH
Owner at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

If I was installing Nessus just by itself, it is straightforward simply because I've done it before. If you're setting up Nessus from the cloud version, there's a little bit more to it because, for one, it's in the cloud version, and you got to open up ports for your network. You got network people who get all scary because they don't understand what you're doing. Other than that, once you get it set up, then it is pretty much straightforward.

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Yashas P - PeerSpot reviewer
Cybersecurity engineer at Cyberjeet

The initial setup is straightforward. We can deploy this solution within a week.

On a scale from one to ten, I would give the initial setup a seven.

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TM
Senior Cybersecurity Consultant at CIA Botswana

The initial setup is straightforward, and deployment takes up to five days.

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PD
Assistant Engineer at Harel Mallac Technologies Ltd

The installation of Tenable Nessus is straightforward, and it can take a couple of hours.

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LO
Founder & CEO at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

The initial setup of Tenable Nessus is easy.

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it_user885369 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Engineer at a construction company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The initial setup was good, not complex. We had the guides from Tenable to guide us through the setup. It took us two days, but one day should be good enough for the initial deployment.

Originally, we wanted to scan all our servers from multiple clouds and also on-premises, to scan the local network.

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FA
Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The solution is very straightforward and pretty simple. There isn't too much complexity or difficulty involved. A company shouldn't have any issues with the initial setup.

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AB
Chief Hacking Officer at a security firm with 1-10 employees

The initial setup was easy and very straightforward.

It took about half an hour to deploy, including all of the updates. It is the updates that take time to complete.

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TK
Senior Consultant at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The implementation was straightforward. First, we noticed whether everything was ready, then we got a license key, set up some basic scanning using a default template, and finally, we scheduled time. 

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JV
Cyber Security Engineer at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The initial setup was very easy, it didn't take more than 10 minutes. It does depend on internet speed so sometimes deployment might take longer. 

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SD
Senior Infrastructure Project Manager at a energy/utilities company with 501-1,000 employees

I will say the initial setup was not straightforward, and not complex either. It's medium. Technically it's not too complicated, but if you work with a good partner, they can help. The deployment took us about three to six months.

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LO
Founder & CEO at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

The initial setup is very easy. Deployment takes less than two hours, it's simple.

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VK
Information Technology Security Specialist at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

The initial setup and installation are pretty straightforward. Let's say 15 minutes to compile the plugin. It would take about half an hour to an hour to set up and deploy.

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SP
VP - Risks, Audits & InfoSec at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

The initial setup on-prem and on-cloud did not have any issues. It just took a couple of hours.

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KS
Security Professional at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

The installation is very straightforward and easy. We did not use a third-party installer. 

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KS
CyberSecurity Specialist at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The solution is easy to implement. It's not difficult or complex. 

I was trying to do Tenable SC at some point, however, I gave up on that one.

The deployment takes about two weeks. 

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MH
Information Security Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The deployment is very easy to do. It takes less than one hour to complete.

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Buyer's Guide
Tenable Nessus
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Tenable Nessus. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
767,319 professionals have used our research since 2012.