Auditor Enterprise

Best Buy/Recommended The test was almost too close to call, but we felt that by the closest of margins, the Finjan Vital Security Appliance NG-5100 got the Best Buy because it had the slightly better management interface. We liked its novel clustering methods, too. Two products receive our Recommended awards: the Fortigate-800 for its simplicity and effectiveness; and the Blue Coat ProxySG 200. We were amazed that something so small and quiet could hold its own against much bigger (and noisier) rivals.

Nessus/NeWT is our Best Buy in the pure scanner category for its comprehensive vulnerability scanning and its option for direct notification of new plugins. As a free product, it is extremely credible and well supported. Saint Scanner wins a Recommended award for its combination of features, flexibility and excellent value for money, and Core Impact’s superb penetration testing capabilities make it well deserving of a Recommended award too. NetClarity’s Auditor Enterprise wins our Best Buy in the full-featured appliance category. It is easy to use, very well-documented and supported, and offers a wide variety of innovative options for managing enterprise-wide vulnerabilities in the context of compliance and regulatory requirements.