OpenVAS
Open Vulnerability Assessment Scanner by Greenbone
OpenVAS is a full-featured, open-source vulnerability scanner capable of unauthenticated and authenticated testing across a wide range of internet and industrial protocols. It uses a regularly updated feed of vulnerability tests and supports large-scale scans through performance tuning. Developed and maintained by Greenbone since 2006, it is the core engine of the OpenVAS Community Edition.
OpenVAS scans systems using a continuously updated feed of vulnerability tests, supporting both authenticated and unauthenticated checks across various protocols.
security professionals, network administrators, and IT teams
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- open-source
- Company
- Greenbone
- Launched
- 2006
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