Chapter 11

Cisco Secure Scanner

Introduction

Cisco Secure Scanner is a vulnerability scanner that maps network devices, identifies device operating systems and versions, open ports and applications listening on them, and vulnerabilities associated with those applications.

Some of the key features of Cisco Secure Scanner include the following:

 It can actively probe the open ports and attempt to confirm vulnerabilities in order to reduce false positives.

 Once you have mapped and scanned your network, the unique Grid Browser ...

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