Re-casting risk, identify low-severity vulnerabilities and allow an admin-level user to re-cast them as critical vulnerabilities.

Using credentials harvested from other phases of testing to perform credentialed patch audits, local (client-side) application vulnerability scanning, and discovery of interesting configurations on targets.

Performing web application scanning and recon including site spidering, detecting common web application vulnerabilities specific to your applications, and fuzzing CGI parameters.

Filtering vulnerability results by exploit availability and/or exploitability ease.

Correlating a vulnerability with an exploit (including cross referencing Metasploit, Core IMPACT, Immunity CANVAS, D2 exploitation packs, ExploitDB, vulnerabilities that do not require an exploit, and more).

Nessus also has many other features to support penetration testing activities that you may not be aware of. Nessus reports on host discovery, vulnerability identification, and exploitability of a given vulnerability which are all important findings in the penetration testing process.

The tools available in Kali Linux complement a Nessus installation, allowing everything to be in one place, easing maintenance and portability. Kali Linux, formerly known as 'Backtrack', is a Debian-based Linux distribution containing hundreds of tools to perform penetration tests. One of those choices is a Linux distribution designed for penetration testers called Kali Linux. Tenable provides Nessus on a wide variety of platforms to choose from.

Kali Linux is a fantastic distribution specifically designed for penetration testing.

If you are using Nessus for vulnerability scanning activities, consider installing Nessus on Kali Linux. To learn more about this application and its latest capabilities, visit the Tenable.io Vulnerability Management web page. Note: Nessus Cloud is now a part of Tenable.io Vulnerability Management.

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