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Vulnerability Analysis: Scanning and Assessment

Identifying issues and misconfiguration is an essential step in a vulnerability management program. It is at this stage that assets are scanned and assessed. This course will teach you how to deploy and use vulnerability scanners.

Intermediate
58m
(0)

Created by Ricardo Reimao

Last Updated May 15, 2025

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  • Course

Vulnerability Analysis: Scanning and Assessment

Identifying issues and misconfiguration is an essential step in a vulnerability management program. It is at this stage that assets are scanned and assessed. This course will teach you how to deploy and use vulnerability scanners.

Intermediate
58m
(0)

Created by Ricardo Reimao

Last Updated May 15, 2025

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What you'll learn

Discovering vulnerabilities is the core objective of a vulnerability management program. This process includes automated scanning and manual assessments to find potential issues and misconfigurations. In this course, Vulnerability Analysis: Scanning and Assessment, you’ll learn to deploy and run some of the main vulnerability scanning tools. First, you’ll explore automated scanning tools like OpenVAS and Nessus. Next, you’ll discover how to assess services manually for potential vulnerabilities. Finally, you’ll learn how to interpret and prioritize what you found. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of vulnerability scanning needed to discover vulnerabilities in an environment.

Vulnerability Analysis: Scanning and Assessment
Intermediate
58m
(0)
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Ricardo Reimao - Pluralsight course - Vulnerability Analysis: Scanning and Assessment
Ricardo Reimao
66 courses 4.7 author rating 600 ratings

Ricardo is a Cybersecurity Consultant based in Toronto (Canada). He has 10+ years of IT experience, 6 of them in the IT Security field. His main interests are: SIEM solutions (IBM QRadar), Enterprise Security Risk, Penetration Testing, Security processes/procedures and Network Security.

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