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Guardian Security Scanner

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Guardian Security ScannerThe Guardian Security Scanner identifies if your firewall or an application has left your network vulnerable to attackers or malicious programs. Created specifically to rattle the doors and windows of your network, Guardian Security Scanner will discover if you are vulnerable to an attack.

The service provides security testing of your Internet connection through an on-demand or reoccurring schedule. Guardian Security Scanner utilizes a database of over 10,000 known vulnerabilities that allow an outsider to tamper with an organization’s network. By analyzing what types of applications and firewall configurations are installed on your network, the Guardian Security Scanner is able to notify you of vulnerabilities that exist before they are exploited.

FEATURES:

  • Automated identification of vulnerabilities to your network which are exposed on the Internet
  • Automated updates of vulnerability database
  • Ability to identify over 10,000 vulnerabilities which can be used to disable, attack, or penetrate your network
  • Identification of open or listening applications on your network
  • Comprehensive reports delivered via email to your inbox
  • Priority alerts upon identification of any newly discovered vulnerabilities
  • Allows you to patch and protect your network before an attacker or worm infiltrates your network
  • Scans archived and available for review within the Guardian Security Portal
  • Network vulnerability and host based vulnerability scanning available
  • Notification of start and completion of scan via email
  • Provides regulatory compliance regarding security of organizations connected to the Internet
  • Integration with the Guardian Portal Helpdesk Module ensuring vulnerabilities identified are resolved

SERVICE KEY BENEFITS:

  • Reviews your network security through the eyes of a hacker or rouge application
  • Notifies you of a security exposure in your network so it may be patched or closed prior to its exploitation
  • Vulnerability Database is automatically updated daily to ensure the identification of the latest vulnerabilities
  • Automated reoccurring scan schedules ensure your organization is always notified of security exposures
  • Instant Availability of Service - ASP hosted solution requiring no software, hardware, or networking configuration

VULNERABILITY SCHEDULING KEY BENEFITS:

  • Automated reoccurring security scans based upon daily, weekly, monthly, or quarterly schedules
  • On demand scans can be executed when required
  • Dynamic DNS names can be utilized for networks without static IP addresses
  • Email notification at start of scan, completion of scan, and optional automated email of scan results

VULNERABILITY SCANNER KEY BENEFITS:

  • Database containing over 10,000 signatures covering over 4000 unique CVE identifications and 4300 unique Bugtraq identifications - allowing you to view your network from the eyes of a hacker or rouge application
  • Automatic nightly database updates ensure you always have the most recent signatures available
  • Multiple scan profiles allow for quick tcp scans, limited port ranges, limited database utilization, or extremely thorough tcp and udp based scans
  • Smart service recognition allows for the scanner to identify services running on non-standard ports and perform the appropriate security checks against the listening applications
  • Full SSL support allows the scanner to check for security vulnerabilities on encrypted connections such as secure web browsing (https), secure ftp (sftp), etc.

VULNERABILITY REPORTING KEY BENEFITS:

  • Comprehensive easy to understand reports
  • Reports can be automatically emailed at the completion of each scan
  • Each vulnerability identified provides detailed information regarding how to correct the security issue
  • Vulnerabilities identified provide hotlinks to any applicable CVE or Bugtraq informational resources
  • Historical scan results and vulnerability trend information are easily accessible through the Guardian Security Portal
  • Automatic helpdesk ticket creation based upon the results of the security scan ensures that the appropriate actions are taken and followed through upon to effectively close the exposure
 

Newsflash

6% of all PCs will suffer an episode of data loss in any given year. Given the number of PCs used in US businesses in 1998, that translates to approximately 4.6 million data loss episodes. At a conservative estimate, data loss cost US businesses $11.8 billion in 1998. (The Cost Of Lost Data, David M. Smith)