Nessus/NeWT

Company: Tenable Network Security
Price: Free: plugin access after seven days; commercial direct access to plugins $1,200 per year
Website: http://www.tenablesecurity.com
 

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Vulnerability assessment (2006)

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.
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