312-50V13 Question #623: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

Question

You are a security analyst of a large IT company and are responsible for maintaining the organization's security posture. You are evaluating multiple vulnerability assessment tools for your network. Given that your network has a hybrid IT environment with on-premise and cloud assets, which tool would be most appropriate considering its comprehensive coverage and visibility, continuous scanning, and ability to monitor unexpected changes before they turn into breaches?

Options

• AGFI LanCuard
• BQualys Vulnerability Management
• COpen VAS
• DNessus Professional

Explanation

For a hybrid IT environment requiring comprehensive, continuous vulnerability management across on-premise and cloud assets, Qualys Vulnerability Management is the most appropriate solution.

Common mistakes.

• A. GFI LanGuard is primarily designed for on-premise network and vulnerability scanning, lacking the comprehensive cloud capabilities required for a hybrid environment.
• C. OpenVAS (Open Vulnerability Assessment System) is an open-source tool that offers robust vulnerability scanning but typically requires more manual configuration and management, and its out-of-the-box comprehensive cloud integration might not match commercial solutions for a large enterprise.
• D. Nessus Professional is a powerful vulnerability scanner, but it is primarily a point-in-time scanner and typically needs to be integrated with Tenable.io (the cloud platform) to provide the continuous, comprehensive, and hybrid cloud coverage described in the question.

Concept tested. Vulnerability management for hybrid cloud environments

Reference. https://www.qualys.com/apps/vulnerability-management/

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