RE: Nessus Security Reporting..Inconsistent Reporting?

2002-06-03 Thread Michael Cabral
tony toni [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 6:33 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Nessus Security Reporting..Inconsistent Reporting? Hi, I started using Nessus about a month ago. The security metrics that I use is that the IT Server Staff must review/correct Nessus security fi

Re: Nessus Security Reporting..Inconsistent Reporting?

2002-06-03 Thread Muhammad Faisal Rauf Danka
"High" Severity means that a lot of damange can be done if the vulnerability is exploited (in other words intruder gets root permissions) In some cases intruder gets "nobody" permissions, Anyway Severity ratings means what/how much damage can be done if the vulnerability is exploited. Where

Nessus Security Reporting..Inconsistent Reporting?

2002-06-01 Thread tony toni
Hi, I started using Nessus about a month ago. The security metrics that I use is that the IT Server Staff must review/correct Nessus security findings that are rated as "High" in the severity column of the report and/or if the risk factor is "Serious" in the Description column. I know this