QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE VERIFIED
ANSWERS .
(Technology Overview)
List types of Tenable.sc sensors - correct Answers -Nessus scanner
Nessus agent
(Technology Overview)
Discuss hardware requirements for various components - correct Answers -Tenable.sc Hardware
8GB of RAM
125GB of Storage
Four(4) 2GHz Cores
Nessus Scanner Hardware
4GB of RAM
30GB of Storage
Four(4) 2GHz cores
(Technology Overview)
Explain how Tenable.sc and Nessus can be deployed in virtualized environments - correct Answers -It
can either be deployed through Tenable Core as a virtual image, or implemented as a traditional
application on supported platforms (i.e. rhel, centos, etc)
(Technology Overview)
Describe licensing for Tenable.sc - correct Answers -- IP in two repositories only counts once
- For multiple network interfaces on single host, each interface actively scanned counts
- Host discovery scans do not count
,(Deployment Considerations)
Identify Tenable.sc and Nessus scanners placements in an environment - correct Answers -Tenable.sc is
typically managed by the NOC or SOC.
(Deployment Considerations)
Determine required network connection speed between Tenable.sc and Nessus - correct Answers -The
network connection between Tenable.sc and Nessus should be persistent and be at least 1MBps.
(Deployment Considerations)
Explain factors that should be considered when determining the number of Nessus scanners for
deployment - correct Answers -The number of Nessus scanners required for a deployment depends on
network partitions, network bandwidth, the number of hosts in a network partition and the types of
scans being run.
(Deployment Considerations)
Describe connectivity requirements for Tenable.sc and Nessus scanners - correct Answers -For every 500
hosts that are being scanned, only one Nessus scanner is needed. However, Nessus scanners can be
configured to scan multiple network partitions.
(Nessus Deployment)
List the different types of sensors - correct Answers -Tenable Core + Nessus,
Nessus,
Tenable.io
(Nessus Deployment)
Define Tenable Core + Nessus - correct Answers -Tenable Core + Nessus is a pre-built virtual image for
VMware, Hyper-V, dedicated hardware and Microsoft Azure.
(Nessus Deployment)
Demonstrate the configuration - correct Answers -Demonstrate
, (Nessus Deployment)
Process for Tenable Core + Nessus - correct Answers -Review
(Nessus Deployment)
Demonstrate the installation process for Nessus - correct Answers -Demonstrate
(Nessus Deployment)
Demonstrate the configuration process for Tenable.io - correct Answers -Demonstrate
(Tenable.sc deployment configuration)
List the items needed prior to a Tenable.sc installation - correct Answers -Items needed prior to
installation are:
- Nessus activation code and license key;
- Software;
- Deployed host;
- IP address of at least one configured Nessus Scanner;
- Credentials;
- Network range to be scanned;
- LDAP/Active Directory server information;
(Tenable.sc deployment configuration)
Recall the five optional pieces of LDAP/Active Directory server information - correct Answers -- IP
address of LDAP server
- Credentials (must have administrative read rights)
- LDAP schema settings
- User schema settings
- Base search string (optional)
(Tenable.sc deployment configuration)