Re: OS Vuln Scanners

["Ferris, Joe" <jferris () ADMIN FSU EDU>]

We are a large Rapid7 NeXpose shop and have been for a few years now.
The product has matured a lot in a short period of time and we have been
very happy with it.  We use the distributed scanning technology to
support our server audit program and much, much more.  

We are also bringing Watchfire's WebXM (IBM relabeled and re-priced this
product significantly higher without changing anything else!) online to
scan another campus layer.

If you would like additional detailed information, please let me know.

Joe Ferris
Network Security Engineer
Florida State University
IT Security Team


> -----Original Message-----
> From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
> [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Tumas, Jay
> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 12:15 PM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: Re: [SECURITY] OS Vuln Scanners
>
> Hi Kevin - We primarily rely on WatchFire's  (IBM's) AppScan, Rapid7's
> Nexpose, and Nessus.
>
> J
>
> Kevin Lanning wrote:
> > I'd appreciate info from list members regarding  best products in
> this
> > category from your real life experience as a security professional
in
> > higher ed.
> >
> > thanks,
>
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