RE: Top 15 Reasons Why Admins Use Security Scan ners

[Ron DuFresne <dufresne () winternet com>]

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Harlan Carvey wrote:


        [SNIP]
> But there's also another way to look at the original
> comment...security is a process.  Running a
> vulnerability scanner isn't a process...it's a
> point-in-time check, a snapshot.


Ad it's not in and of itself completely that;  it's a number of potentials
that need to be hand checked for accuracy.  Scanners are not a do all tool
of complete trust, they are a tool to provide pointers, at a point-in-time
for sure.


Thanks,

Ron DuFresne
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