Michael Cooney
Senior Editor

Free vulnerability assessment tools

Opinion
Mar 9, 20051 min

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We got a press release yesterday that may be of interest to you. We normally don’t pass these things on, but this one sounds somewhat useful. Security company Clearswift is offering a free online e-mail and Web site threat assessment check-up service net admins can use to determine their network’s vulnerability.

According to the release: “Called the Clearswift Threat Assessment Suite and found online at www.clearswift.com/threattest, it simulates over 30 menaces that corporate networks fall victim to, identifying the key vulnerabilities in their content security infrastructure. The test works by sending up to 32 emails that spoof various malware threats, making their detection difficult by embedding them in a variety of common file formats like Excel workbooks, Word documents and PDF.”

Now, we sincerely hope that every test is not geared to default to “Hey, you could use a Clearswift solution!” We’re sure that’s not the case, but we’re just that cynical. If you try it, let us know if it was worth your time.