Faster way to handle Nessus scan findings and patching standalone systems

I’ve been running Nessus scans on standalone systems and after each scan I have to manually go grab all the required patches for each machine. The issue is It’s extremely tedious and hard to track which system needs what. The process feels kind of silly and I’m over it, honestly.

I am using PDQ to deploy patches but the real headache is figuring out which system needs what based on the Nessus results and then lining that up with deployment.

Is there any faster or easier way to streamline this??? Are there tools or workflows that can help map the findings to the required patches then categorize the machines depending on what patches are needed? It’s just confusing and really time consuming having to dig into each scan report on every machine, open every finding, and manually write down the patches needed per system just to keep things straight.

Would really appreciate hearing how others are handling this and any tips or recommendations would be huge!!!

Posted Sep 25, 2025, 3:45 PM UTC

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