External vulnerability scans are run from outside an organisation's network, targeting areas of the IT environment exposed to the internet such as firewalls, web [...]

Vulnerability scanning helps organisations detect security vulnerabilities such as: Outdated and unpatched software Missing and poor data encryption Operating system and security misconfigurations Missing [...]

Vulnerability scanning tools can be divided into five major categories based on the type of assets they scan: Network-based scanners: These scanners are focused [...]

Vulnerability scanner software only scans what it is configured for. Depending on the type of scan, the tool scans specific interfaces to invoke a [...]

A vulnerability scanner is a tool that helps organizations detect security vulnerabilities in their networks, systems and applications that could potentially be exploited by [...]