Tenable Network Security Broadens Platform Support for Nessus; Windows, Mac OS X and Solaris Communities Benefit From Tenable's Port of Nessus 3
Posted on: Monday, 22 May 2006, 12:00 CDT
Tenable Network Security, Inc., a leading developer of security management solutions and creator of the popular and award-winning Nessus vulnerability scanner, today announced the release of Nessus 3 for the Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X and Sun Solaris platforms. With the release of Nessus 3 for Mac OS X, Solaris and Windows, Tenable has completed its port of Nessus 3 to major supported operating system platforms.
Since Tenable's release of Nessus 3 for the Unix and FreeBSD platforms in December of 2005, Nessus 3 downloads have exceeded 200,000. Nessus 3 users have access to commercial support and training options from Tenable Network Security.
Nessus 3 benefits now available on Windows, Mac OS X and Solaris include:
-- Vastly increased performance
-- Scan Policy creation and management
-- Access to over 10,000+ quality vulnerability checks with vulnerability update subscription options from Tenable Network Security
-- Support for CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System)
-- Ability to audit Windows, Unix, Linux hosts and more
In addition to gaining dramatic improvements in performance, Tenable also provides an optional Direct Feed subscription service for Nessus 3.0 which provides immediate access to new vulnerability checks and entitles Nessus 3.0 users to commercial support from Tenable.
For corporations and government agencies that want to leverage and extend Nessus, Tenable produces highly optimized, enterprise vulnerability and security event management solutions. Tenable's enterprise vulnerability management product, Security Center 3.0, adds powerful scan scheduling, asset management, remediation tracking and compliance reporting.
For more information on Tenable's Security Center 3.0, please visit: http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/sc.shtml
Information and Availability
Nessus 3.0 is immediately available for download from Tenable here: http://www.nessus.org/download.
About Tenable Network Security
Tenable Network Security is a leading provider of network security software solutions for enterprise vulnerability, security event and compliance management. Tenable's award-winning products are utilized by many Global 2000 organizations as well as federal government agencies to unify vulnerabilities detected with active, passive, and host-based auditing with enterprise security log data to precisely assess and proactively minimize network risk. For more information, please visit us at http://www.tenablesecurity.com.
Tenable Network Security(R) is a registered trademark and Nessus is a trademark of Tenable Network Security, Inc.
Source: Business Wire
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