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The Cheapskate's Infosecurity Toolbox
A list of free-to-download tools for the budget-pinched CIO or CISO
Ken Pfeil 07 February, 2007 15:14:29
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OpenSSH for Windows: Secure Shell for Windows Because FTP is so passe (and insecure), use OpenSSH on the server side coupled with "PuTTY" and WinSCP on the client side for a cheap way to secure your file transfers. sshwindows.sourceforge.net, www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty and winscp.net

Cheops-ng: "The Network Swiss Army Knife" A tool for mapping and monitoring your network. This is an excellent free way to track down most of the systems on your network. cheops-ng.sourceforge.net/download.php

ACID (Analysis Console for Intrusion Databases) An analysis engine to search and process security events generated by various intrusion detection systems, firewalls and network monitoring tools. acidlab.sourceforge.net

SIDEBAR: 7 Things You Should Never Say in E-Mail

by Sarah Scalet

1. We've just got a heads up that we're going to be served with a subpoena, so please clean up your files before next Monday.

2. Can we push the numbers here?

3. Hey sexy, meet me in the coat closet in 5 mins.

4. [Insert CEO name here] is such a [insert expletive here].

5. I don't think we should hire a woman for that job.

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7. I should never have put that in an e-mail.

SIDEBAR: Want more?

Here are a bunch of other tools the cheapskate infosec exec should investigate:

Nessus

Nmap

Paros

Netcat

Metasploit

MBSA (Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer)

WSUS (Windows Server

Update Services)

Ecora Auditor 4.x

SpyBot Search and Destroy

Ad-Aware SE

HijackThis

Windows XP Built-in Firewall

RootKitRevealer

Tor

Ken Pfeil is an information security industry veteran

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