Upgrade Your Network ScannerFree scanners are great – up to a point. That point is when your network reaches a critical size, your assets have acquired a critical value or your company, industry (or Uncle Sam) has set new compliance requirements that those freebee tools just can’t handle.Running multiple network scanning tools is a painEveryone has a half dozen network scanners sitting around and...

Port scanning tools – just the first step to network securityYour port scanning tools are nice, but...When your network reaches a critical size, your assets have acquired a critical value or when new compliance standards hit, your port scanning tools may have reached their limit. It’s the job of vulnerability assessment and management tools to combine port scanning with the investigation of...

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IP scanning for growing or distributed networksYour IP Scanner more problem than help?When your network reaches a critical size, your assets have acquired a critical value or you have new compliance requirements - your freebee IP scanner just can't handle it. beSECURE (now part of Fortra Vulnerability Management) can. It your best step up into the corporate vulnerability assessment and management...

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The three crumbling pillars of network securityWhy is network security getting harder?Access control, firewall and Intrusion Prevention Systems are failing to keep attackers from reaching vulnerable systems and network administrators have added as many layers beyond those as possible to no avail. This is a problem because successful attacks are often done with these solutions in place and being...

Network security scanningYour network is 100 times more likely to be attacked with a known exploit than an unknown one. And the reason behind this is simple: There are so many known exploits and the complexity of networks is so great that the chances are good that one of these known vulnerabilities are present and will allow an attacker access to your data.The number of networks worldwide is so...

Our definition of penetration testingPen testing (penetration testing) is the discovery of vulnerable network equipment or applications by evaluating their response (behavior) to specially designed requests. In some cases a payload (message, marker or flag) is delivered to prove beyond a doubt that the vulnerability can be exploited. Pen testing is usually a manual and expensive undertaking that...

What is the Internet of Things (IoT)?The Internet of Things (IoT) encompasses any and all products that are connected to the internet or to each other. Any product which requires connection to a home, car or office network to deliver its complete set of features falls under this broad term. In fact cars themselves are now a component of the IoT as they now exchange data with the manufacturer...

Keeping up with new vulnerability discoveriesWith hundreds of new vulnerabilities announced each month, active network scanning is essential. An automated, frequently used vulnerability assessment and management solution is your best option for the elimination of corporate network vulnerabilities.Enterprise now needs proactive, routine network scanning to keep up with internal changes and external...

Calculating the cost of GDPR complianceThe EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is unique in the field of compliance standards for its establishment of financial penalties for the loss or mismanagement of personal data of EU citizens. And those fines are higher and more likely to be assessed than any existing standard. Any company that does business with EU citizens (or controls or...

Pen testing always includes a vulnerability assessmentPenetration testing is all about identifying network security weaknesses before they are exploited internally or externally. The best pen testers bring a range of tools and experience to each gig and a key tool they will use is vulnerability assessment.The experience level, tools used, findings and the report you get from each penetration test...

Organizations of all sizes can benefit from capturing, logging, and responding to security events in real time, but one important operating system is often overlooked: IBM i.