Re: Small/Medium Business Scanner

[Zate Berg <zate75 () gmail com>]

I'd vote for Nessus in your situation too.  Possibly combine it with
something like Seccubus (V2 is due out soon).

Zate



On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Dark Harper <darkharper2 () gmail com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This ones probably been around and around a dozen times but I'm after some
> advice/recommendations on a vulnerability scanner for a small to medium
> sized business.
>
> My short list is now down to two - Nessus or NeXpose.
>
> Our environment is spread across three sites, around 50 nodes in each.  The
> sites are not permanently linked.  One of those sites is PCI DSS compliant.
> I've been using OpenVAS but am not a fan.  Access to remote scanners is via
> SSH tunnels/small links.
>
> Cost is definitely a consideration as budget is tight this year.  I'm
> leaning towards Nessus as it is miles cheaper than NeXpose and requires much
> lower spec hardware from what I can tell. Recent Metasploit plugin is also a
> plus. Can anyone say why I would put up the extra cash for NeXpose?
>
> -Dark
>
>
>
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