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ONLY MONTHS AWAY from the turn of the century, many network administrators are still focused on solving the year2000 problem in their enterprises. By now, you should be turning your attention also to the growing problem of security, especially as new network breaches are reported every month. To help you get a handle on security issues in your network without ignoring outstanding year-2000 issues, Cisco has released NetSonar Security Scanner 2.0 for NT.
Cisco is positioning NetSonar as an integral part of its security strategy - and for good reason. NetSonar scans your network and analyzes the potential security-breach points of nodes. Following a scan, it generates various reports, from an executive summary of the network's security holes to a detailed technical analysis defining the problems and the documented suggestions to solve them. New to this version are full-featured support for Windows NT, increased network-vulnerability scanning, Web-based updates, and a major drop in price.
When compared to competing products, including Internet Security System's Internet Scanner, Network Associates' CyberCop, and Axent's NetRecon, NetSonar 2.0 holds its own, with a...