Nessus 3 for Mac OS X

Tenable Network Security today released Nessus 3, its comprehensive security solution that includes modules for role-based security management, vulnerability assessment for hosts and networks via its scanning software, and analysis. Version 3 brings increased performance, creation and management of multiple Scan Policies, access to over 10,000+ quality vulnerability checks with vulnerability update subscription options from Tenable Network Security, support for CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System), and the ability to audit Windows, Unix, Linux hosts and more. The Tenable Security Center provides unified, Web-based security management to distribute security and compliance information, while its Nessus Vulnerability Scanner offers high-speed discovery, asset profiling and vulnerability analysis, as well a host-based compliance checking; the Log Correlation Engine aggregates, normalizes, correlates and analyzes event log data.

by MacNN Staff