

Network vulnerability scanners are key tools for finding security issues before outside attackers do. Setting up an enterprise network produces a ton of different vulnerabilities that need to be managed. All of this information is available at a glance in the Acunetix dashboard and thanks to multi-user, multi-role capabilities, users can only see what they’re meant to.Networking has brought many wonderful opportunities to modern enterprises but it has also opened the door to a world of security threats. After the vulnerability gets fixed, Acunetix may be used to re-test the vulnerability to make sure it’s properly fixed, and then automatically marks it as Fixed. Acunetix takes a different approach in that once a vulnerability is found during a scan, it is automatically cataloged and assigned a status of Open. One of the biggest issues with conventional vulnerability scanners is that they simply report a list of vulnerabilities and configuration errors after a scan is complete.

Additionally, Acunetix also allows users to export discovered vulnerabilities to issue trackers such as Atlassian JIRA, GitHub, GitLab, Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS), Bugzilla, and Mantis. After a scan is complete, Acunetix can instantly generate a wide variety of technical and regulatory and compliance reports such as PCI DSS, HIPAA, OWASP Top 10 and many others. This ensures that any new vulnerabilities and configuration issues that may have been introduced in-between full scans get picked up by Acunetix immediately.Īnother area in which Acunetix’s network scanning tool excels in over other security tools is the ability to produce great reports. Additionally, you also have the option of running scans on a continuous basis with Acunetix only running a quick scan every day of the week, with a full scan run once a week. What’s more, in Acunetix it’s possible to schedule scans to run at specific times of a day, week or month, or even define your own custom schedule. Moreover, Acunetix seamlessly integrates network security findings with web application vulnerability scan results in a single web-based GUI, making it a one-stop-shop for information security professionals tasked with performing external security testing – be that on bare metal infrastructures, as well as public or private clouds. Apart from being a baseline security analyzer, Acunetix can be used to run comprehensive perimeter network security scans that will look for over 50,000 known network vulnerabilities in everything from network devices, web servers, and operating systems. Acunetix Premium features deep integration with the widely popular open-source OpenVAS network security scanner.
