THE TOP 10 SECURITY ASSESSMENT TOOLS

         Modern data centers deploy firewalls and managed networking components, but still feel insecure because of crackers. Hence, there is a crucial need for tools that accurately assess network vulnerability.The below tools are totally an FOSS.

          Vulnerabilities are unfortunately an integral part of every software and hardware system. A bug in the operating system, a loophole in a commercial product, or the  misconfiguration of critical infrastructure components makes systems susceptible to attacks. Malicious techies can penetrate systems via these vulnerabilities, for personal or commercial gains.This assessment tools are categorized into two types as shown in figure1( network assessment tools)and figure2(Web vulnerability assessment tools).

 
             Figure 1: Top 5 network security scanners   
                        

               Figure 2: Top 5 web security scanners