Top 10 Best Network Security Tools

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Top Network Security Scanning Tools of 2019
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Presentation Overview
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Network Security
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What is Network Scanning?
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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.

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Top 10 Network Security Tools

• Open VAS
• WireShark
• Nessus
• Hacker Combat
• Acunetix

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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