SAINT® News
Information about SAINT's latest version can be found on the updates page.
9/1/05– The SAINT® vulnerability scanner has been integrated into a major new release of ReddShell's ReddSECURE product line.
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3/22/05–The SAINT® vulnerability scanner now includes support for scanning IP Version 6 networks. Read more ...
1/28/05 – SAINT Corporation's strategic partner, Richard S. Carson & Associates, Inc. has added industry recognized SAINT® products to their GSA Corporate Schedule. More information is available at: http://www.carsoninc.com/contracts/SAINT_products.html.
1/10/05– SANS recognizes SAINT. SANS recently listed the SAINT® vulnerability scanner among those that detect vulnerabilities from the SANS Top 20 Version 5 listing.
11/29/04 – SAINT announces partnership with Citadel Security Software to deliver end-to-end vulnerability management. SAINTbox™ is fully integrated with Hercules to provide comprehensive automated vulnerability identification and remediation.
11/9/04 – SAINTbox™ and WebSAINT® are certified CVE compatible. MITRE Corporation awards SAINT products Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) compatibility.6/17/04 – SAINT Releases WebSAINT® 2.0 on-line scanner. The new version includes scheduling, license flexibility, and more scanning options.
4/14/04 – SAINT's partnership with Stony Hill Mgmt. brings vulnerability scanning solutions to the home healthcare and hospice markets.
3/16/04 – Introducing SAINTbox™, SAINT Corporation's new network scanning appliance that comes ready to scan.
3/04 – MITRE Corporation awards SAINT®5 CVE Compatibility Certificate. During an awards ceremony at the 13th Annual RSA Conference in San Francisco, SAINT® was honored along with nine other companies out of more than 90 vendors, for their work in this effort and passing the final and most rigorous phase of the compatibility process.
12/03 – PC Magazine awards SAINT®5 4 stars.
10/03 – SecureMac.com gives SAINT high marks. "SAINT's scan covers a staggering amount of vulnerabilities..." and "SAINT reports are also very professional." Read the review.
7/03 – SAINT Corporation announces the release of SAINT® 5.0. This release features easy navigation tabs; scan stop, pause, and resume capabilities, and ability to recover interrupted scans; an option to view results in progress while scan runs; "Exclude All" option to exclude all instances of a particular vulnerability;reorganized documentation, with index and search capabilities; ability to sort hosts by software type (e.g. IIS, Apache, Sendmail);e-mail notification; support for Mac OS X. Details...
11/02 – SAINT Corporation announced today that SAINT® 4.1 will include Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert (IAVA) references in SAINT's vulnerability assessment. Click here for more information.
10/02 – SAINT Corporation announces the release of SAINT® 4.0. The new release features all-new vulnerability checks, automatic updates, and comprehensive reporting features. Details...
SAINT™ is Finalist for Top Security Award
Information Security magazine has named SAINT® network security products as a finalist for its 2002 Information Security Excellence Awards. Read more...
"Working with SAINT" SysAdmin Magazine (March 2001). The author reports that SAINT™ "...is definitely a great tool to have..."
"A Survey of the Basic Functionality of SAINT" SANS Institute Information Security Reading Room (November 2000) reports: "...SAINT is one of a growing number of auditing tools available to security administrators. What differentiates it from the rest is its multiple modes of operation, configurable scan levels, and good reporting tools...Overall SAINT is an excellent tool for the auditing of networks and hosts.”
"Securing Linux", Information Security, (February 2000), refers to SAINT™ as a scanner that is "indispensable for checking system vulnerabilities."
"Why Linux Security Will Succeed", linux.com, (January 30, 2000), refers to SAINT™ as "a popular vulnerability scanner ... that is a highly evolved version of its predecessor SATAN."
"Network Security Scanners", InfoWorld Magazine, (February 8, 1999 Vol. 21, Issue 6), refers to SAINT™ as "one of the only publicly available products that leverages the SATAN platform."
