{"id":792,"date":"2018-12-11T21:56:14","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T18:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kifarunix.com\/?p=792"},"modified":"2018-12-11T21:56:14","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T18:56:14","slug":"creating-custom-nessus-scan-policy-templates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/creating-custom-nessus-scan-policy-templates\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Custom Nessus Scan Policy Templates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nessus Scan policy template is a set of predefined configuration options related to performing a scan. They define specific actions that are performed during a scan. To create custom Nessus scan policy templates, you need to select the existing templates and modify them to suit your scan requirements. After that, they can be selected from the list of scan templates when new scan is created under the user defined tab. Note that it is more useful to create scan policy templates because they can be reused over and over for creating scans<\/span><\/p>\n

In our previous article, we learnt how to create a new Nessus scan<\/a>. In the same tutorial, we selected a template specific to that scan only. Well, in this guide, we are going to learn how to create simple scan policy templates and use them to create scans.<\/p>\n

Create Policy Template<\/h4>\n

To create a policy template, login to Nessus and under Scans<\/strong> tab, Resources<\/strong> on the left pane, click Policies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When a new page opens up, click “New Policy<\/strong>” button to create a new policy template.<\/p>\n

\"Nessus<\/a><\/p>\n

When you click on New Policy<\/strong>, scanner policy templates page will open up.<\/p>\n

\"Nessus<\/a><\/p>\n

Select a template to modify from the list as shown above. The templates with upgrade banner are only available with the commercially licensed version of Nessus.<\/p>\n

As an example, let us assume that you want to create a Nessus scan policy template to do basic host enumeration to discover live hosts and open ports in your local environment. Therefore click on Host Discovery<\/strong> template.<\/p>\n

\"nessus<\/a><\/p>\n

Under the Basic Settings <\/strong>tab, define the name and the description of the custom template.<\/p>\n

\"nessus<\/a><\/p>\n

Under DISCOVERY <\/strong>settings, you can select the type of scan you want to perform. There are multiple scan types; host enumeration, OS Identification, Port Scan (all ports and custom ports), or custom scan where you can customize the default options for Host Discovery and Port Scanning.<\/p>\n

\"Nesus<\/a><\/p>\n

On the REPORT<\/strong> settings, you can choose to allow or disallow a user to delete items from the report, designate hosts by their DNS names, display hosts that respond to ping or display unreachable hosts.<\/p>\n

\"Nessus<\/a><\/p>\n

On the ADVANCED<\/strong> settings, you can opt to;<\/p>\n