Tenable Network Security: Tenable Network Security Podcast

Welcome to the Tenable Network Security Podcast - Episode 6

New blog post going up today on the experiences at Cyberdawn, a cyber exercise that puts hackers against defenders in a realistic environment.
Attention Security Center customers! A new version is due to be released soon, 3.4.5 will include improvements such as web application scanning support.
We are looking for feedback on the new Nessus client version 4.2, so head on over to our Nessus discussion forums and let us know what you think!
As always be sure to check out our blog at http://blog.tenablesecurity.com

What is your background and how did you get starting in information security ?
What is the primary product you work on here at Tenable?
What does PVS do? Can you also give us some of the history behind it?
How are the plugins structured? Are the easy to write? Can the end user look at the code? How are they updated?
What is coming down the road for PVS?
How does PVS differ from Snort?
What kinds of client side vulnerabilities can be detected?
How does PVS handle high speed networks?
Can PVS detect vulnerabilities in web applications?
What are some of the more interesting vulnerabilities that PVS can detect?

**Tim joins us to talk about cyber exercises, what they are, how they are structured, and what the participants learn in these events.**

Paul Asadoorian will be speaking at the Louisville Infosec conference on web application security on October 7, 2009
Oct 15 - Ron Gula will be participating at the 2009 San Francisco CISO Executive Summit
October 26-27 - Tenable will be at the Techno Forensics conference in githersburg, MD
October 26-30 - 5th Annual IT Security Automation Conference in Baltimore, MD
November 6-7 Dojocon

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