In addition, it shows you where your security budget is best spent. I ran into some problems with discoveries and report generation, and encountered some minor cosmetic issues. I was both impressed with this product's security assessments and disappointed with the amount of work required to initially configure a network. To obtain specific assumptions about assets and value, Expert requires some initialization and planning, after which it provides decent reporting and assessment capabilities. It's designed to augment existing security controls, and it makes good on its promises.
Retriever discovers the network and runs a minimal security scan on detected hosts.
It starts with a ping scan that results in a list of available hosts. These are subjected to more thorough scans, such as port scans, Windows networking and SNMP scans, and traceroute. If you are using intrusion detection software, warn your administrators that these scans will set off alarms. The resulting network map is reminiscent of early network management product icons, scattered without any rhyme or reason. The next step audits your network.