How it works

The MVAS (Managed Vulnerability Assessment Service) is a series of hardened security appliances that contain sanitised tools and techniques used by hackers to penetrate your network.

Available in multiple configurations and licensing models, the Managed Service is capable of automatically identifying, classifying and reporting on vulnerabilities in networks ranging from 10 to 200,000 nodes.The scanning server evaluates the target for vulnerabilities and reports them back to the information management server

The very nature of an automated service allows you to continually evaluate your environment for security threats, providing you with detailed reports for each scan, which contain:

  • An executive summary of the vulnerabilities found
  • A comprehensive list of all vulnerabilities discovered
  • A wide range of solutions to those vulnerabilities
  • The list of all simulated attacks performed
  • Technical threat analysis, including links for immediate remedial action


Network Impact and Performance

One of the most important considerations in identifying security threats in your network is the impact this will have on your users, clients and most importantly your business. Our Managed service is capable of performing a full range of tests on your network in parallel without consuming more than 32KB/s (this is less than just one user browsing an average webpage).

Obtaining timely results on the health of your network is possible with AVDS, which is capable of scanning an entire class C network in under 30 minutes. Perfect for ensuring zero-day patches were successful and comparing your current state to previous results.

With no need to deploy a client to your scan targets and the ability for our service to evaluate any device on an IP network, you can keep track of your dynamic network and identify foreign devices and services. A managed service allows you to move away from lengthy discovery, maintaining security monitors, analysing and interpreting complex results from security tools, researching threats and how they apply to your organisation. Freeing up your valuable time to manage and mitigate security threats, before they can be exploited and taken advantage of.

Deployment Options

Our services are delivered as a scalable security appliance, in its simplest form is shown in the above-right diagram.
With your authorised user account, you can define your scan target(s) within the Information Management Server web interface. Scan requests are delivered to the appropriate Scanning Server for the target, which performs the vulnerability assessment.

Results are returned back to the Information Management Server, where they are stored, analysed, graphed and reports displayed to provide you with the most comprehensive and lowest false-positive results in the industry (less than 0.1%).