2014 Digital Yearbook of Homeland Security Awards

automated testing of a network’s defenses against a security
policy is the best method to monitor the health and
assurance of your network.
NIST defines continuous network monitoring as “maintaining
ongoing awareness of information security, vulnerabilities,
and threats to support organizational risk management
decisions.”
Continuous network monitoring is one of the most
promising developments in Next Generation Vulnerability
Management (NGVM). Instead of scanning periodically,
agencies can now implement real-time scanning to
eliminate blind spots. A well-run network should include
solutions that accurately measure security risks in real
time and bring together the processes of asset discovery,
vulnerability detection and configuration auditing.
Tenable’s SecurityCenter Continuous View (Security-
Center CV) includes innovative continuous network
monitoring tools, such
as passive vulnerability
scanning on devices
that are not always
connected to the
network, log correlation
and analysis, tight
integrations with the
security ecosystem, and
advanced threat detection
technologies. SecurityCenter CV’s centralized console
manages distributed Nessus vulnerability scanners for
agency-wide security and compliance visibility. Sensors
automatically discover and assess traditional IT systems,
mobile users, virtual networks, and cloud-based applications.
Advanced analytics, including extensive dashboards
and customizable reports, aggregate scan data to help
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you identify and remediate security and compliance
issues.
In today’s IT environment, an unknown risk can compromise
your agency and put your executive management
at the center of media attention. Continuous
network monitoring provides peace of mind by reporting
against any number of compliance standards and
your own security policy. Only a well-run, carefully managed
network can achieve security that is “obtainable
and defendable,” which is the very meaning of the word
tenable.
About Tenable Network Security
Tenable Network Security provides continuous network
monitoring to identify vulnerabilities, reduce risk and
ensure compliance. Our family of products includes
SecurityCenter Continuous View, which provides the
most comprehensive and integrated view of network
health, and Nessus ® , the global standard in detecting
and assessing network data. Tenable is relied upon by
many of the world’s largest corporations, not-for-profit
organizations and public sector agencies, including the
entire U.S. Department of Defense. For more information,
please visit tenable.com.