Top Network Security Scanning Tools of 2019

1. Top Network Security Scanning Tools of 2019

2. Presentation Overview

3. Network Security

4. What is Network Scanning?

5. Network Security Process • Identifying filtering systems between two active hosts on a network. • Running UDP and TCP network services. • Detect TCP Sequence Number of both the hosts. • It becomes complex when you are working in a large organization where hundreds of networks are connected. So every network administrator looking for the best network security tools for easier their process.

6. Top 10 Network Security Tools • Open VAS • WireShark • Nessus • Hacker Combat • Acunetix

7. 6. Nikto 7. Angry IP Scanner 8. Qualys Freescan 9. Retina Network Security Scanner 10. SoftPerfect Network Scanner

8. Open VAS • This Open Vulnerability Assessment System (OpenVAS) is a one of the best powerful free network security tool. • Many components of OpenVAS are licensed under GNU General Public License. • It runs in Linux environment only and it can be integrated with OVAL (open vulnerability assessment language ) to write vulnerability tests • It Provide Full Network Scanning, Web Server Scanning and Wordpress Scan options.

9. WireShark • Open source network scanner which is widely know as network protocol analyzer. • It runs on all platforms such as windows, linux and OSX also • It scans data vulnerabilities on a live network between the active client and server. • The only issue in Wireshark is that it has suffered from Remote Security Exploitation.

10. Nessus • This network security scanner works with unix system and available in 3 versions Nessus Home, Nessus Professional and Nessus Manager/Nessus Cloud. • Its major security feature includes Web-based interface, Client-Server architecture, Remote and local security checks Built-in plug-ins. • Nessus has available with 70,000+ plug-ins and services/ functionalities such as malware detection, web application scanning, and system configuration check etc.

11. Hacker Combat • Hacker Combat Network Security Scanner uses advanced threat protection which provides cloud based filtering service. • It gives complete protection from unknown malware, harmful links and robust zero-day protection in real time. • It detects anonymous FTP access, DNS zone transfer, DNS cache poisoning attacks and give detailed report.

12. Acunetix • Acunetix is a fully online automated network scanning tool that detects and reports on over 50,000 known network vulnerabilities and misconfigurations. • It does security assessment for routers, firewalls, switches, load balancers etc. • It looks for issues like badly configured Proxy servers, weak passwords, weak SNMP community strings, TLS/SSL ciphers etc.

13. Nikto • Nikto is an open source web server scanner which checks HTTP servers, web server options and server configurations. • It has the best features of full HTTP proxy support and customized reporting in XML, HTML and CSV formats. • It performs rapid testing to recognize suspicious behavior on the network along with any network program that can exploit network traffic.

14. Angry IP Scanner • Angry ip scanner is a best free ip scanner utility with the ability to scan IP address and also performs port scan effectively and rapidly. • It is based on Multi-threaded Scanning approach which is a separate scanning thread for each individual IP address, helps to improve the scanning process. • The scan report consists of information such as hostname, NetBIOS (Network Basic Input/Output System), MAC address, computer name, workgroup information etc.

15. Qualys Freescan • Qualys Freescan is a free and open source top network security tool that provide scans for URLs, Internet IPs and local servers to detect security loopholes • It helps to detect network issues and security patches to get rid of it and it allows only 10 free scans. • Vulnerability checks: For malware and SSL related issues. • OWASP: Web applications security checks. • SCAP checks: Checks computer network configuration against Security Contents

16. Retina Network Security Scanner • It is a standalone network vulnerability scanner that supports risk assessment based on optimal network performance, Operating System, and applications. • It is a free tool which requires Windows server that provides security patches free up to 256 Ips. • This tool performs scanning as per the credentials provided by the user and also allows a user to choose the type of report delivery.

17. SoftPerfect Network Scanner • This SoftPerfect Network Scanner is a free network security scanner. • It collects and provides all kinds of information- hostname, computer name, MAC address etc within the LAN network. • It collects all info about local and external IP addresses and performs tasks like remote wake-on-LAN and shut down.

18. Conclusion • These security scanning tools will definitely help you to prevent your network from intrusions through its loopholes. • You can choose the best suitable for your system according to your network behavior to overcome network issues. Thank You