Keep in mind that if you want to compare apples to apples, it should be Tenable Security Center vs. McAffee, assuming that you're in a large environment. Remediation workflow is important. If you're just a small group doing one-off scans, Nessus is ok.
My recommendation, in addition to credentialed scans, is to look at "non-core" products, and see which one does a better job at detecting vulnerabilities - odds are that they're both going to detect missing patches to Windows and Linux distros. When I was doing an eval (didn't test McAffee) - I found that some other "magic quadrant" scanners couldn't find CVSS 10 vulnerabilities in things like vSphere, Tivoli products, IBM DB2, Trend Anti-Virus, IBM RSA/HP rILO cards, etc - obviously if you have a remote exploit in your backup agent, database, ILO or AV, that's really bad news. In addition, look to see who does a better job with auditing things like Oracle, SQL server, Exchange, Domino, etc. When it comes down to it, you have to have a solid, highly comprehensive test plan, putting the scanners against systems in your environment with known vulnerabilities. Hope that helps. (Full Disclosure: I'm a Tenable Security Center customer and recently did about 3 months of testing on various enterprise VA products. But don't take my word on it - every environment is different and each VA product has coverage strengths and weaknesses - don't just go with Nessus because it's what you know best - that's not a smart approach. ) - Chris Merkel On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 1:57 PM, subzer0girl <[email protected]> wrote: > I need a little help convincing the purchasing people that I need Nessus. > They are suggesting McAfee Vulnerability Management is a viable > alternative. I want to stick with Nessus since that is what I have > experience with. I've googled for a comparison of the two products but > haven't found anything of value. Does anyone have experience with how the > two products compare ? > > Any help would be appreciated > > Sandy > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > -- - Chris Merkel
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