Vulnerability scanners can help an enterprise's IT staff identify weaknesses throughout its network, such as ports that could be accessed by unauthorized users and software lacking the latest security ...

With the latest release of its flagship Core Impact Pro, Core Security Technologies has expanded its application penetration testing software to scan and test network devices as well. Core Impact Pro ...

Eight network scanning tools offer beefed-up management and remediation. A vulnerability rated as a low risk this morning could turn into your worst nightmare tonight. To meet the ever-increasing ...

IPv6 brings some welcome security and other features, but there are some 'gotchas' for IP professionals that may not be immediately apparent. The next generation IPv6 protocol has been "coming soon" ...

Excerpted from "Scanning Reality: Limits of Automated Vulnerability Scanners," a new report posted today in Dark Reading's Vulnerability Management Tech Center. In some enterprises, the term ...

As any network and security manager knows, new vulnerabilities are constantly being discovered and threats against corporate networks are getting increasingly sophisticated. Proactively scanning for ...

There are two approaches to network vulnerability scanning, active and passive. The active approach encompasses everything an organization does to foil system breaches, while the passive (or ...

Software that analyzes a network to determine its exposure to unwanted intruders. Also called a "vulnerability scanner," such products check client PCs, servers, routers, firewalls, network appliances ...