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Top Network Security Scanning Tools of 2019

Network Scanning is a process of identifies the active hosts (Clients and servers) on a network and their activities to attack a network and protect from vulnerabilities and hackers. 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. Here we listed the top 10 network security tools of 2019 https://hackercombat.com/ten-best-network-scanning-tools-for-network-security/

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Top Network Security Scanning Tools of 2019

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  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

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