What is Tenable Nessus Patch Management?
Nessus eases the pain of patch auditing by providing the largest library of checks for operating systems, applications, databases, networks and virtual infrastructure. Automate the time-consuming comparison that security teams typically go through to verify patch status through our unique integration with leading patch managers, including Microsoft, IBM, VMware, Red Hat, and Dell KACE.
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96 Likeliness to Recommend
100 Plan to Renew
83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
Emotional Footprint Overview
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+96 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love Tenable Nessus Patch Management?
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- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
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Tenable Nessus Patch Management Reviews
EMRE B.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Other
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Sep 2022
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What differentiates Tenable Nessus Patch Management from other similar products?
Its reporting and analytics capabilities are superb, it offers detailed results like it displays missing patches that have been surpassed as well as older fixes that do not have to be applied because current patches address the same issues saving us a lot of time.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Nessus is the finest tool for vulnerability scans, in fact, it provides discoveries and, more importantly, correct findings. Because it is focused on scanning the systems and applications, it does not perform penetration testing or exploit vulnerabilities.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Price can be a problem in some scenarios.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Implementation was extremely easy with the assistance of their implementation team. It's install footprint is extremely small, and the CentOS based appliances are very efficient.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
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