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Nessus

Summary

Nessus is a free software[1]. Nessus ranks in the top 6% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (134 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Nessus's image is recorded as Nessus ng report.png[3].
  • Nessus's instance of is recorded as proprietary software[4].
  • Nessus's instance of is recorded as vulnerability scanner[5].
  • Nessus's logo image is recorded as Nessus-Professional-FullColor-RGB.svg[6].
  • Nessus's developer is recorded as Tenable Network Security[7].
  • Nessus's developer is recorded as Tenable Network Security[8].
  • Nessus's copyright license is recorded as proprietary license[9].
  • Nessus's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[10].
  • Nessus's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[11].
  • Nessus's software version identifier is recorded as 5.2.6[12].
  • Nessus's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2.11[13].
  • Nessus's software version identifier is recorded as 3.0[14].
  • Nessus's software version identifier is recorded as 4.0.0[15].
  • Nessus's software version identifier is recorded as 5.0[16].
  • Nessus's software version identifier is recorded as 6.0[17].
  • Nessus's software version identifier is recorded as 7.0.0[18].
  • Nessus's software version identifier is recorded as 7.1.3[19].
  • Nessus's software version identifier is recorded as 8.1[20].
  • Nessus's software version identifier is recorded as 8.4.0[21].
  • Nessus's software version identifier is recorded as 8.12.0[22].
  • Nessus's software version identifier is recorded as 10.0.2[23].
  • Nessus's software version identifier is recorded as 10.1.1[24].
  • Nessus's software version identifier is recorded as 10.1.2[25].
  • Nessus's software version identifier is recorded as 10.9.1[26].
  • Nessus's has use is recorded as vulnerability scanner[27].

Body

Publication

Nessus's publication date is recorded as +1998-00-00T00:00:00Z[28].

Why It Matters

Nessus ranks in the top 6% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (134 views/month).[2] Nessus has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29]

Related Entities

free software Microsoft Windows proprietary software Unix-like operating system

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . tenable.com. tenable.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . community.tenable.com. Retrieved . community.tenable.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . community.tenable.com. Retrieved . community.tenable.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . static.tenable.com. Retrieved . static.tenable.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . docs.tenable.com. Retrieved . docs.tenable.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . docs.tenable.com. Retrieved . docs.tenable.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . docs.tenable.com. Retrieved . docs.tenable.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . docs.tenable.com. Retrieved . docs.tenable.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . docs.tenable.com. Retrieved . docs.tenable.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . docs.tenable.com. Retrieved . docs.tenable.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . docs.tenable.com. Retrieved . docs.tenable.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Nessus. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/nessus
MLA “Nessus.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/nessus.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_nessus_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Nessus}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/nessus}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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