Entries by Christian Kolf

Full CVSSv3x Coverage in the Greenbone Feeds

With the help of Greenbone products, known vulnerabilities in an IT infrastructure can be detected and subsequently eliminated. Assessing the severity of a vulnerability is an essential tool for planning and prioritizing subsequent remediation actions. CVSS provides such an assessment according to a metrics system. Since 2021, Greenbone’s current solutions also support CVSS versions 3.0 […]

More than 100,000 Vulnerability Tests in the Greenbone Security Feed

The goal of vulnerability management is to detect all security gaps in an IT network before an attacker does so. The Greenbone Security Feed (GSF) provides the vulnerability tests (VTs) that the scanner of the Greenbone solutions performs for this purpose. As a component of the Greenbone Security Manager (GSM) and the Greenbone Cloud Services […]

Greenbone OS 21.04 – All New Features at a Glance

Since 2021-04-30, the latest GOS version – version 21.04 – is available and, as always, it brings a lot of new features and improvements! What exactly? Get an overview of all important changes with GOS 21.04 here! New Hardware Models for Our Midrange Class Available A new hardware generation has been introduced for the Midrange […]

CIS-Certified Compliance Policies in the Greenbone Security Feed

Compliance Policies are used by companies, organizations, or authorities to check whether all products, applications, operating systems and other components used meet certain specifications. The Center for Internet Security (CIS) provides so-called CIS benchmarks for this purpose. Since March 2021, the Greenbone solutions also offer the possibility to check the fulfillment of CIS Benchmarks – […]

The Greenbone Security Manager in a Practical Test

Are there actually independent reviews of Greenbone solutions? Of course – we are proud to present the latest report from a leading industry magazine: “IT-Administrator tried the system [solution from Greenbone] and was thrilled with its functionality”. (IT Administrator 01/2021) In September 2020, the magazine IT-Administrator – a German professional journal for system and network […]

Direct Integration of Compliance Policies via the Greenbone Security Feed

With the help of compliance policies, a company can check whether all components integrated in the system meet the required specifications. The increasing digitalization and the associated growth of new technologies create opportunities, but also risks. For this reason, the demands on compliance are increasing as well. With GOS 20.08, all compliance policies were made […]