Re: Need Some Basic Information

[Todd Haverkos <infosec () haverkos com>]

Fábio Soto <fabio () andradesoto com br> writes:

> Nessus or any other scanning tool will give too much false
> positives, or fail to detect many vulnerabilities. 

That's not true in my experience if credentialed scanning is used,
unless you're highlighting that scanners do poorly against web app
vulns.  Passive vulnerability scanning is not prone to false positives
either, for what it's worth.  

> Probably you'll need some professional pentesting services.

Which at the low and unethical end are glorified repackaged Nessus or
[insert other vuln scanner] scans (sad to say).

Best Regards, 
--
Todd Haverkos, LPT MsCompE
http://haverkos.com/

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