Tenable Unveils Comprehensive Web Application and API Scanning Capabilities for Nessus Expert

Tenable®, the Exposure Management company, today announced web application and API scanning in Tenable Nessus Expert, new features that provide simple and comprehensive vulnerability scanning for modern web applications and APIs. 

Web application and API scanning in Nessus Expert are dynamic application security testing (DAST) features that enable security practitioners to proactively identify and assess web applications and APIs for known vulnerabilities. This includes OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities in custom application code and known vulnerabilities found in third-party components. 

Backed by Tenable Research, Nessus provides broad and accurate vulnerability coverage for web applications and APIs – spanning web application servers, content management systems, web frameworks, programming languages and JavaScript libraries. The result is fewer false positives and negatives, ensuring security practitioners know the true risks in their applications. 

“Web applications are under siege and the security practitioners in charge of protecting them face numerous challenges,” said Glen Pendley, chief technology officer, Tenable. “With Nessus Expert – the gold standard in vulnerability assessment – we’re tackling the crux of these challenges head on by widening visibility into web applications and APIs. Whether the apps are running on-prem or in the public cloud, Nessus Expert assesses their exposures and provides security practitioners, consultants and pentesters with actionable results quickly.”

Nessus Expert is the industry’s first vulnerability assessment solution that spans traditional IT assets and the dynamic modern attack surface, including the external attack surface, cloud infrastructure and now, web applications and APIs. This new feature and functionality enables security practitioners to:

• Set-up new web app and API scans and easily generate comprehensive results 
• Rapidly discover known vulnerabilities and cyber hygiene issues using predefined scan templates for SSL/TLS certificates and HTTP header misconfigurations
• Identify all web applications, APIs and underlying components owned by a given organization 
• Confidently and safely scan environments without disruptions or delays

More information on Nessus Expert is available at: https://www.tenable.com/products/nessus 

Informazioni su Tenable

Tenable® è l'azienda di Exposure Management. Circa 43.000 organizzazioni in tutto il mondo si affidano a Tenable per comprendere e ridurre il rischio informatico. Con la creazione di Nessus®, Tenable ha ampliato le proprie competenze in materia di vulnerabilità raggiungendo l'obiettivo di lanciare la prima piattaforma al mondo in grado di individuare e proteggere qualsiasi asset digitale su qualsiasi piattaforma informatica.Tra i clienti Tenable è presente circa il 60% delle aziende Fortune 500 e circa il 40% delle aziende Global 2000, oltre a grandi agenzie governative. Scopri di più su tenable.com.