Retina Network Security Scanner
Retina is the security industry’s most respected and industry-validated security scanner and serves as the engine for our vulnerability management solutions. There is no better option for securing your network from vulnerabilities.
Over 10,000 Customers Worldwide Rely on Retina to Secure their Critical IT Assets
In today’s dynamic threat environment, organizations of all sizes proactive security solution to identify potential weaknesses and help prioritize which need to be addressed first. Retina Network Security Scanner, the industry’s most mature and effective vulnerability scanning technology, identifies the vulnerabilities – missing patches, configuration weaknesses, and industry best practices - to protect an organization’s IT assets. Retina provides cost-effective security risk assessment, as well as enables security best practices, policy enforcement, and regulatory audits.
“Retina CS Earns Perfect 5 Stars and Our Best Buy Award …Weaknesses: None”SC MAGAZINE 2012
Enterprise Security Lifecycle
Key BeyondTrust Capabilities
- Accurate baseline for all assessment activities
- Immediate and measurable catalog and inventory of all IT assets – physical, virtual, devices and applications
- Identification of unapproved assets such as wireless access points
Key BeyondTrust Capabilities
- Unique “Zero-gap discovery” across physical, virtual, cloud and mobile
- Remote, Network and Local scanning options
- Industry’s most accurate cataloging of OS, device, applications, services, ports, users, groups etc.
Key Benefits
- Actionable data identifies proper remediation actions, accelerating risk reduction
- Clear, concise reporting streamlines the classification of most at-risk devices
- Assessment data can be archived and used for trending analysis
Key BeyondTrust Capabilities
- Identification of vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, policy violations
- Support for assessments of all assets across operating systems, applications and configurations
- Allows for custom audits/assessments for adherence to any unique company requirements
Key Benefits
- “Operational GPS” directs IT to which actions provide the most risk-reduction benefits
- Automated reporting on compliance efforts creates consistency and accountability
- Enterprise policy management and reporting
Key BeyondTrust Capabilities
- Comprehensive vulnerability assessment with additional contextual knowledge
- Seamless integration with configuration assessment module, using a certified SCAP engine (60 built-in benchmarks)
- Additional scanning and reporting modules for regulatory reporting; integrated patch management
Key Benefits
- Receive an immediate ‘state of the union' with regards to your IT landscape
- Greater efficiency via enterprise-centric capabilities such as role based access, internal auditing, ticketing, and integration with existing infrastructure investments
Key BeyondTrust Capabilities
- Implement Central Management, Reporting and Logging
- Role based policy, alert and reporting management
- Integration with PowerBroker privileged identity management solutions
FEATURES & BENEFITS
Non-intrusive
scanning engine
Optimizes network performance and scan network devices, operating systems, applications, and databases, without impacting availability or performance
Industry’s most comprehensive
vulnerability database
Continually updated by the renowned BeyondTrust Research Team, allows you to stay on top of even the most current threats.
Infinitely Scalable
Retina can be deployed as a standalone scanner, distributed throughout an environment and integrated with Retina CS for enterprise deployments
Integrates with Leading
Penetration Testing Tools
Right-click integrations with leading penetration testing tools and solutions such as Core Security, Exploit DB, also Metasploit.
Why BeyondTrust for Network Security Scanning
- Increased security through comprehensive vulnerability scanning
- Easy, accurate discovery of all IT assets
- Full support for VMware environments, including online and offline virtual image scanning, virtual application scanning and integration with vCenter
- Scalable for SMBs and large enterprises
- Faster mitigation with risk-level vulnerability prioritization
- Optimized network performance through non-intrusive scanning
- Reduce risk and close security gaps with vulnerability assessment for virtual applications
- Fast, flexible deployment options

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