In the past 14 years the number of incidents recorded by CERT has risen from 6 in 1988 to 52,658 in 2001, Each incident can involve hundreds or thousands of computers. Year to date in 2002 (Q1 and Q2) there have been 43,136. This is costing users and businesses billions of dollars a year. In 2001 the Nimda virus alone cost an estimated $3 billion.
Vulnerability Scanning is the easiest way to find and close security holes on your computer or network. For users, systems and network administrators, who need to ensure their or their company's assets are protected from hackers, A Vulnersability Scan is an inexpensive investment that finds and helps you close the holes that hackers use to break into servers, workstations and other network devices.
The basic NEI Vulnerability Scan, scans for over 1,000 exploits and vulnerabilities. A list of the current tests is available here. NEI also offers an optional complete port scan from 1 to 65,535, as well as periodic scans of your computer or network to insure that new vulnerabilities and exploits, as well as changes in your hardware and software configuration will not reduce your security. If you have on site web servers or servers of other kinds we can recommend specific Vulnerability Scans tailored to your needs.
A combination of internal measures and external scanning is required to insure network security, remember the Intruders are using external network-based scanning! External Vulnerability scanning alone will improve your security, but a good perimeter defense (firewall) and intrusion detection are needed on larger networks.
NEI consultants are available to assist your staff in performing a security audit, planning the needed changes to your procedures and network and implementing the actual security measures. Our external Vulnerability Scanning services complement the internal measures that you take:
- Vulnerability scanning can uncover security disasters before they happen.
- Vulnerability scanning increases your security and strengthens your defense.
Contact us for more information on of consulting services and security products.