Security-Protocols

GFI has released the LANguard N.S.S. 8 security network scanner, and I decided to review it on Windows Vista. I have been using LANguard for many years now when I need to do a quick scan of a network to see what type of systems, open services and vulnerabilities.

GFI LANguard N.S.S. 8 currently scans for over 15,000 vulnerabilities. After the discovery phase of a scan, it will then give you a remediation to fix the flaws which are found on your network. LANguard N.S.S also gives you the capability to perform multi-platform scans including Windows, Mac OSX and Linux across all types of environments to analyze your network’s security from a single scan. This really helps to ensure that you are able to identify and remediate any potential threats before someone malicious does.

GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner (N.S.S.) is an award-winning solution that addresses the three pillars of vulnerability management: security scanning, patch management and network auditing through a single, integrated console. By scanning the entire network, it identifies all possible security issues and using its extensive reporting functionality provides you with the tools you need to detect, assess, report and remediate any threats.

One of the new features of LANguard N.S.S. 8 has the ability to create your own vulnerability checks quickly and very easily. I was able to create a new vulnerability check for a new Apache web server vuln within a few minutes. Some other great features of LANguard include patch management, network and software auditing, the ability to receive alerts of new vulnerabilities found, OS identification and very powerful reporting.

What I really like about LANguard is that the vulnerability checks are always up to date, the OS ident results are very accurate and the scans are very fast. So if you are in the market for an overall network security scanner, I suggest you check out GFI’s LANguard network security scanner 8.

My overall rating for LANguard N.S.S. 8 would be a 4 out of 5. Reason being is that the reporting was a bit hard to figure out at first, but once you got it its very easy to mashup any type of report.

You can download a free 30-day demo version for free by clicking the image below: