BeyondTrust Network Security Scanner, powered by Retina (Legacy) vs Symantec Control Compliance Suite

Likelihood to Recommend

Retina Network Security Scanner is well suited for any environment and infrastructure that would like to expose security deficiencies across their network as well as visualize vulnerabilities as they pertain to assets in their environment. I cannot think of any scenario that would not be appropriate for this product. Since the product carries over to pretty much all assets in your environment, I don't know off the top of y head what it wouldn't be appropriate for.

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Joe Spradlin

Director Of Information Technology

Fort Walton Machining, Inc.Aviation & Aerospace, 51-200 employees

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Provides accurate report results in an environment that requires user auditing. The program is appropriate for those that are strong query writers and know what they need.

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Ross Isbrandt

IT Department - Implementation/Project Associate

Miniter GroupBanking, 201-500 employees

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Pros

Scanning, network discovery.
Does a good job at scanning without taking up network resources.
Does not consume a lot of bandwidth.

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Peter Paccione

Application Penetration Tester

Secure Consulting Solutions LLCComputer & Network Security, 1-10 employees

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Clear field and data selection
Customizable queries
Efficient response time to commands

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Ross Isbrandt

IT Department - Implementation/Project Associate

Miniter GroupBanking, 201-500 employees

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Cons

I do not have any obvious cons to report at this time.

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Joe Spradlin

Director Of Information Technology

Fort Walton Machining, Inc.Aviation & Aerospace, 51-200 employees

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The interface requires some patience as navigation takes some getting used to
Some better report creation wizards would help greately

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Ross Isbrandt

IT Department - Implementation/Project Associate

Miniter GroupBanking, 201-500 employees

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Alternatives Considered

I've evaluated Nessus and multiple other products. I'd say Retina is right there with Nessus. At a certain point, it's not about if the product "finds" more vulnerabilities, it's about how easy it is for the end user. All scanners right now find about the same amount of vulnerabilities, but some are harder for users to use. Retina has a pretty well-designed user interface.

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Peter Paccione

Application Penetration Tester

Secure Consulting Solutions LLCComputer & Network Security, 1-10 employees

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Return on Investment

The product is extremely easy to deploy, extremely positive.
If you take full advantage of this product as I did, you will maximize your ROI quickly as we did.
We were able to visualize our vulnerabilities efficiently and effectively and maintain scheduled scans that allowed us to maintain a continuous improvement atmosphere while securing our investments.
The ability provide reporting allows our IT department to prioritize issues and remediate as required without chasing down low risk issues over high risk issues that need immediate attention.

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Joe Spradlin

Director Of Information Technology

Fort Walton Machining, Inc.Aviation & Aerospace, 51-200 employees

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On multiple occasions helped us catch human error
Has shown where better risk management policies can be implemented
Has increased response times

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Ross Isbrandt

IT Department - Implementation/Project Associate

Miniter GroupBanking, 201-500 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No