Network Associates Delivers First Commercial Security Vulnerability Scanner for Linux | Linux Today

Network Associates Delivers First Commercial Security Vulnerability Scanner for Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 8, 1999

“Network Associates… today announced that it will begin
supporting the Linux operating system with a new version of its
industry-leading risk assessment tool, CyberCop Scanner.”

“CyberCop Scanner ships with the industry’s most comprehensive
database of security vulnerabilities, each of which it can both
scan for and provide information to fix. In addition, the product
contains Network Associates’ patent-pending AutoUpdate technology,
which allows customers to continually add new updates to the local
database as they are discovered by NAI Labs, the research division
of Network Associates, Inc.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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