Symantec Vulnerability AssessmentSymantec Vulnerability Assessment helps you quickly determine whether new security incidents or vulnerabilities (security events) threaten your enterprise. By leveraging the industry-leading Symantec Vulnerability Database with vulnerabilities indexed by CVE and Bugtraq ID, organizations can analyze business risk and develop remediation strategies. With responsive vulnerability signatures and detailed remediation information sent via Symantec Security Response, Symantec Vulnerability Assessment provides timely updates, allowing organizations to proactively prevent the exploitation of vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability UpdatesVulnerability Updates: Symantec Security Response posts the content of newly discovered vulnerabilities and countermeasures to the LiveUpdate servers. During alert situations, Symantec Security Response posts the information to the LiveUpdate™ servers as soon as it is available. You can use the manual download feature in Symantec Vulnerability Assessment to ensure that you have the latest vulnerability signatures. Engine UpdatesEngine Updates: Symantec Vulnerability Assessment 1.0 periodically updates the Symantec Vulnerability Assessment engine for newly supported operating systems, new versions of SESA and to address sustaining issues. After updating to the latest Symantec Vulnerability Assessment engine, use LiveUpdate to install the latest vulnerability updates. |
