2014 Digital Yearbook of Homeland Security Awards

MEET THE SPONSORS
Continuous Network Monitoring for
Government Agencies
by Jennifer Collis, Government Solutions Marketing
Manager, Tenable Network Security
When Tenable Network Security ® was founded in 2002, its
founders knew that there were no quick and easy solutions
for solving complex security problems. Tenable’s first
product, Nessus ® , went on to become the most widely deployed
vulnerability scanner in the world and is acknowledged
as the global standard in detecting and assessing
network data.
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But a lot has changed since 2002. The modern IT landscape
has expanded to include laptops, mobile devices,
virtual systems, and cloud-based applications. In a BYOD
(“bring your own device”) environment, employees use
their own personal devices for work, introducing a significant
risk into the traditional IT infrastructure. While these
devices increase the agility of an organization, they also
introduce visibility and security gaps, leaving the organization
open to vulnerabilities and breaches. Periodic scanning
helps, but it can miss devices that are not connected
to the network 100% of the time. And if those devices have
been surfing the Internet or shopping online, they may be
completely unprotected from exploits and attacks.
Another significant risk on the modern IT network is the
prevalence of cloudbased
applications
and virtual systems.
IT security managers
may not be aware of
all virtual machines,
many of which might
be created and used
for transient purposes.
And the security
team may also be unaware of the many cloud-based
hosted services used by various departments.
This is why Tenable has been pioneering continuous
network monitoring since 2004: to ensure that your entire
security program is aligned and working 24/7 to assess
and protect today’s hybrid network systems. Continuous,