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Vulnerability Assessment

Infrastructure-level vulnerability scanning powered by Nessus Professional. Identifies CVEs, misconfigurations, and patch gaps across your external systems.

Included in every pentest. Nessus infrastructure scanning is a standard part of our $30 Penetration Test. Don't need it? Opt out and save $5 ($25 pentest without Nessus/VA).

What's Covered

Nessus Professional external scan
CVE identification & mapping
Patch verification
Configuration auditing
CIS benchmark assessment
TLS/SSH analysis
Network service detection
Compliance baseline checks

The Nessus Difference

Nessus Professional is the industry-standard vulnerability scanner, trusted by security teams worldwide. While web scanning focuses on application-layer issues, Nessus provides deep infrastructure-level analysis:

  • CVE detection — identify known vulnerabilities in operating systems, services, and software
  • Patch verification — confirm whether security patches have been properly applied
  • Configuration auditing — detect misconfigurations in network services, SSH, TLS, and more
  • Compliance checks — assess against CIS benchmarks and common security baselines

How It Fits

Vulnerability assessment runs alongside web scanning and penetration testing in a unified pipeline:

1

Reconnaissance & Discovery

Web scanning maps your attack surface — subdomains, open ports, running services, and technology stack.

2

Nessus Infrastructure Scan

Nessus Professional runs a comprehensive vulnerability scan, identifying CVEs, misconfigurations, and patch gaps across your external infrastructure.

3

Correlated Analysis

AI and human analysts correlate Nessus findings with web scanning and exploitation results, deduplicating and prioritising everything into a unified report.

Internal Network Scanning

Need to scan internal infrastructure? Install our lightweight Cloudflare Tunnel agent on any machine inside your network. It creates a secure, encrypted connection from your LAN to our scan engine — no firewall changes or VPN required.

  • Single binary, zero dependencies
  • Available for Windows, macOS, and Linux
  • Full Nessus Professional scan of internal assets
  • +$5 per internal host — same as any additional host

Best For

  • Businesses needing compliance-ready vulnerability assessments
  • Organisations with exposed infrastructure beyond just web applications
  • Teams preparing for SOC 2, PCI DSS, or HIPAA audits
  • Anyone wanting CVE-level visibility into their external systems