Re: Vulnerability vs. Pen test

["R. DuFresne" <dufresne () sysinfo com>]

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Yes.

Thanks,

Ron DuFresne

On Wed, 22 Apr 2009, jlay () slave-tothe-box net wrote:

> So part of PCI DSS requirements are for a quarterly vulnerability
> assessment, and a yearly pentest.  My question is:  is Nessus considered
> just a vulnerability scanning app?  Thanks.
>
> James
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