Intruder vs. Rapid7 InsightVM

When the infrastructure landscape and risk profile is not well known and is legacy, Intruder can scan and automate reporting on open security risks, as well as coordinate responses.

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Rapid7 InsightVM is perfect for a scenario where IT admin or CISO wants to scan its infrastructure to be sure that there is no vulnerability that could be exploited from outside or inside the company. It also could be used to automate patching and dealing with vulnerabilities. It's also adapted for users that need cloud security management

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• Auto scanning.
• New vulnerability detection.
• Alert levels.

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• Being a vulnerability scanner tool, its purpose is to scan the systems to find the vulnerabilities. We can define the assets like IP address for the scans and it also allows to either schedule the scan at a preferred time or start the scan immediately. Upon completion of the scan, this tool can result provide the details like host type, OS information, hardware address, along with the vulnerabilities.
• Rapid7 Nexpose has a list of templates to perform the scan. Once the templates are defined then the scans are performed accordingly.
• It also contains an option to add credentials/authentication using passwords, usernames, private keys to perform the credential-based scans which I think is a great feature.

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• Reports could contain more detail.

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• In comparison to Tenable SecurityCenter we saw it didn't exactly find the same vulnerabilities which we would assume it should have
• We rely on a ticketing system and not our VM tool to assign tasks so wasn't too useful having that in there
• Filtering capabilities aren't as good as its competitors

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I gave it a seven due to the functionality and general ease of use after the initial setup headaches, but compared to Qualys, Rapid7 Nexpose falls short on features and ease of use. Their support drags this rating down a point as well. I have gone weeks with no update on semi-critical issues and typically have to make call after call to get a semi-coherent response.

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Intruder focuses on scanning network blocks for your servers even if you don't know which services or hostnames are running on them, unlike Detectify which requires a domain or hostname to scan. The network port scanning of Intruder is also broader than many competitors.

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Nessus Pro does scans, but does not maintain an inventory from scan to scan. There is no history for a specific device, you have to look inside the results of each scan. Search across inventory is non-existent. There are no dashboards for data analysis. This is no tracking for remediation

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• Improved security profile.
• Better reporting to stakeholders and clients of the current security risks.

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• Can reduce time to patch most critical vulnerabilities
• Can help to identify who is spending time patching things of lower risk thus keeping the organization in a more vulnerable position
• Easily provides the patch team with a work plan to enhance security more quickly

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