How to do it…

Perform the following steps:

  1. Open the Nessus Web Client.
  2. Log in to the Nessus client with the user that you created during installation:

  1. Click on the Policies option on the left-hand side of the home screen, under RESOURCES, to see the Policies screen:

  1. Click on Create a new policy and on Basic Network Scan:

  1. Fill in the details for Name and Description, as follows:
  1. Set the group permission to Can use.
  2. Navigate to the ...

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