Best Network Security Tools for 2021 PART 5

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 There are plenty of open-source and paid network tools available in the market you can use to reinforce your security in networking.  



  1. 1> Nagios
  2. 2> OSSEC
  3. 3> POf
  4. 4> Snort
  5. 5> Acunetix

21.  NAGIOS

Nagios is another widely used network monitoring tool that allows security experts to monitor hosts connected to a system and network in real-time. The software alerts its users about any security intrusions occurring in a network. ICMP, POP3, SMTP, NNTP, and HTTP are a few of the network services that Nagios monitors efficiently.

22.  OSSEC

OSSEC is an open-source network software used to discover network problems and give real-time analytics. The tool is compatible with various platforms such as Linux, Mac, Windows, VMWare ESX, BSD, and so on; hence, it is highly useful for users.

 23.  POF

POf is one of the most widely adopted network monitoring tools used for scanning networks and detecting the hosts of operating systems connected to a network. Also, you can use it to make assorted queries, name lookups, probes, and so on. This streamlined security software is highly useful for advanced IT professionals. However, newbies can experience a little hardship in learning how to use it.

24.  SNORT

Snort is an open-source computer network security software used for scanning networks and preventing network intrusion. Security experts use it to conduct network traffic analysis to discover the signs of attempted intrusions. The tool alerts the users about the possible signs of intrusions and prevents the same by blocking malicious traffic. Besides, you can use Snort to perform protocol analysis, detect frequent attacks to a system, look for data captured from traffic, and so on. 

25.  ACUNETIX

Businesses often fear that hackers may attack their computer network security via internal threat/social engineering or directly through the firewall. They pay less attention to security risks that lie in web-based apps like login pages, shopping carts, online forms, etc. This is where Acunetix can help businesses. The tool enables organizations to define defenses against more than 4,500 cybersecurity attacks unique to the apps and sites. The software repeatedly moves through the system and executes convectional hacks to test the efficacy of your security defense.

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