The Updated Version of the Bestselling Nessus Book.<br><br>This is the ONLY Book to Read if You Run Nessus Across the Enterprise <br>Ever since its beginnings in early 1998, the Nessus Project has attracted security researchers from all walks of life. It continues this growth today. It has been adopted as a de facto standard by the security industry, vendor, and practitioner alike, many of whom rely on Nessus as the foundation to their security practices. Now, a team of leading developers have created the definitive book for the Nessus community.<br><br>* Perform a Vulnerability Assessment<br>Use Nessus to find programming errors that allow intruders to gain unauthorized access.<br><br>* Obtain and Install Nessus<br>Install from source or binary, set up up clients and user accounts, and update your plug-ins.<br><br>* Modify the Preferences Tab<br>Specify the options for Nmap and other complex, configurable components of Nessus.<br><br>* Understand Scanner Logic and Determine Actual Risk<br>Plan your scanning strategy and learn what variables can be changed.<br><br>* Prioritize Vulnerabilities<br>Prioritize and manage critical vulnerabilities, information leaks, and denial of service errors.<br><br>* Deal with False Positives<br>Learn the different types of false positives and the differences between intrusive and nonintrusive tests.<br><br>* Get Under the Hood of Nessus<br>Understand the architecture and design of Nessus and master the Nessus Attack Scripting Language (NASL).<br><br>* Scan the Entire Enterprise Network<br>Plan for enterprise deployment by gauging network bandwith and topology issues.<br><br>* Nessus is the premier Open Source vulnerability assessment tool, and has been voted the "most popular" Open Source security tool several times.<br><br>* The first edition is still the only book available on the product.<br><br>* Written by the world's premier Nessus developers and featuring a forword by the creator of Nessus, Renaud Deraison.