New authenticated scanning feature provides deeper vulnerability
discovery while updated vulnerability management capabilities prioritize
threats
PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BeyondTrust,
the leading cyber security company dedicated to preventing privilege
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misuse and stopping unauthorized access, today announced the latest
version of the company’s enterprise vulnerability management solution, Retina
CS version 5.8. Users of Retina CS 5.8 will have access to several
new solution integrations and features, including the ability to import
vulnerability data from Intel Security’s end-of-life McAfee
Vulnerability Manager (MVM), creating a seamless vulnerability
management transition experience for new customers.
In October 2015, Intel Security announced the end of life of its McAfee
Vulnerability Manager, meaning that it would no longer provide
vulnerability updates for the solution. This puts MVM customers at risk
from new and emerging threats. As such, it is strongly recommended that
current customers seek out a new vulnerability management solution. With
Retina CS 5.8, MVM customers can seamlessly export their existing
vulnerability data directly into the solution, providing a faster
enterprise vulnerability management transition. Using the existing MVM
data fed into Retina CS, new customers will have the ability to
centralize all their scan data for prioritization, clearly communicate
risk throughout the organization, discover unknown dangers with advanced
threat analytics and even combine their asset and user intelligence to
achieve a level of security visibility and control not possible until
now. Current MVM customers can take advantage of BeyondTrust’s license
exchange program to start using Retina CS now.
Authenticated vulnerability scanning is a method that is more accurate
and provides greater insight than unauthenticated scans. But
authenticated scans require the use of privileged credentials, which can
often be continuously and anonymously changed for their protection.
Complicating matters further, regular scans require automation. To
address this challenge, Retina CS 5.8 is now tightly integrated with
BeyondTrust PowerBroker
Password Safe to automate the use of privileged credentials for
vulnerability scanning. Once activated, Retina CS can acquire privileged
credentials from PowerBroker Password Safe on demand - just prior to
executing a vulnerability assessment – eliminating the pain experienced
in trying to manually maintain lists of service account credentials.
Clarity version 5.8, available at no cost for Retina CS customers,
contains a new interactive threat analytics dashboard and event viewer
that quickly allows organizations to identify threats by asset, user and
application. Events are prioritized by threat level and categorized for
instant viewing by any of the attributes that represent a danger to the
environment. This new user interface also marks the beginning of
BeyondInsight’s journey toward a complete HTML 5 conversion – scaling
from mobile phones, to tablets and desktops.
“The enhancements made to Retina CS 5.8 are designed to make the
transition from McAfee Vulnerability Manager as painless as possible,
without sacrificing the vulnerability data organizations have worked so
hard to create,” said Brad Hibbert, CTO, BeyondTrust. “Current Retina
customers will find the additional updates provide greater visibility
into their networks, and do so in a more timely manner.”
For more information on Retina CS 5.8, please visit https://www.beyondtrust.com/products/retina-cs/
About BeyondTrust
BeyondTrust is a global cyber security company that believes preventing
data breaches requires the right visibility to enable control over
internal and external risks. We give you the visibility to confidently
reduce risks and the control to take proactive, informed action against
data breach threats. And because threats can come from anywhere, we
built a platform
that unifies the most effective technologies for addressing both
internal and external risk: Privileged
Account Management and Vulnerability
Management. Our solutions grow with your needs, making sure you
maintain control no matter where your company goes. BeyondTrust’s
security solutions are trusted by over 4,000 customers worldwide,
including half of the Fortune 100. To learn more about BeyondTrust,
please visit www.beyondtrust.com.
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