Vulnerability Scanning

All hosts on the network should be scanned remotely for vulnerabilities.

Nessus is a highlighted by Government Connect as a good example of vulnerability scanning software.

 


Suggested Solutions

Encription offers both internal and external in depth penetration testing services:

External:

In depth penetration testing of firewalls and all identifiable services as well as the organisation’s main web site hub.

 Testing will be performed over the internet from encription’s offices. Method will be Black Box and testing should not cause any interruption to services.  Testing will begin with fingerprinting the IT infrastructure and services followed by manual exploitation with a full review of the results by a senior experienced encription penetration tester.

Internal:
On site penetration test to examine security of all servers OS, applications, wireless security, segregation of restricted data, VLAN and firewall rulesets.  From this IT Hub outlying sites and firewall rulesets will be tested over the WAN connections.
Testing will be on site and will be partial white box.  Testing is designed to cause no interference to normal network operation.

To see what Tiger Certified Encription Limited can do give us a call 01905 754440 or go to http://encription.co.uk/public-sector.php

 

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Safend Auditor is a lightweight, intuitive, clientless software utility, which enables security administrators to check on-demand for the existence of current device connections and/or all historic device connections on network endpoints.

 

Sapphire has a team of experienced penetration testers including two CHECK team members. The testing team will identify any weaknesses present in your network, they will then demonstrate and quantify those weaknesses and deliver a report on the countermeasures required to eliminate those weaknesses. For further information please email Coco Information or call 01642 702100.