ABOUT DR STEPHENSON
Dr. Peter Stephenson is SC Magazine's Technology Editor, a cyber criminologist, digital investigator and digital forensic scientist at The Center for Digital Forensic Studies, is a writer, researcher and lecturer on cyber threat analysis, cyber criminology and cyber jurisprudence. He has lectured extensively and has written, edited or contributed to 20 books and several hundred articles in major national and international trade, technical and scientific publications.
Product Reviews
BeyondTrust Retina CS Enterprise Vulnerability Management
Verdict: Solid vulnerability management tool that could become a bit pricey in a large environment.
Digital Defense Frontline Vulnerability Manager
Verdict: This one demands your attention. At a very reasonable price point, we make this our Best Buy this month.
SAINT Security Suite
Verdict: This is a tool that you can add to your environment almost regardless of what else you are using. It not only plays well with others, such as risk management tools, it is a powerhouse in its own right. Recommended.
Tenable.io Vulnerability Management
Verdict: Well worth your time. This is a company with solid experience in the technology – and it shows.
Skybox Security Suite
Verdict: We weren’t sure about this one until we acclimated to how it really works (as opposed to how we thought that it should work). Given that this truly is a beast of a different color, we are classing it by itself and a vulnerability analytics and workflow management tool and ...
Tripwire IP360
Verdict: This one demands your attention. With its ability to cut through vulnerability noise, using its analytics and configuration options to its massive scalability, this works for just about any size enterprise.
AlienVault Unified Security Management USM Appliance
Verdict: Not much to say here besides that this product is SC Lab Approved and that is our highest award. This is one of the best UTMs we’ve tested and over long periods of use it has delivered very well. We make it SC Lab Approved for another year.
