The Netherlands #1 Real Estate Website Relies on OUTSCAN for Vulnerability Assessment and Management

April 28, 2011 - PRLog -- April 27, 2011 – Outpost24 has successfully helped the leading real estate website in The Netherlands in finding an automated process for vulnerability management to reduce the amount of time spent on finding and correcting identified vulnerabilities manually.  With  several  sources   of  income  stemming  from  webvertising,  email marketing   and  sponsorship  of  the fundamental  elements  of  the   website  averaging  11  million  visits  and 250  million  page   views  per month  –  the  securing  of  Funda’s  external   network  was  imperative  to Funda IT   Manager  Marcel   Begnor.

Marcel Begnor, Funda IT Manager, says “In my experience using vulnerability scanners, I  see  that  OUTSCAN  is  a  unique   product  different  from  anything  I  have  seen  before.  Several colleagues of mine were impressed by how easy to use the   interface is.  It looks like a desktop and allows users to resize and move windows around which makes it nice to work with. And it’s not an application that you need to start up, I can go home or on a vacation and login to the system from anywhere. It definitely has some unique features I have never seen before.”

Delivered as a Software as a  Service  (SaaS),   OUTSCAN  is  an  on-­demand  automated  external   vulnerability  assessment  and  management  tool  which   can  be  immediately  deployed  and  requires  no installation  or  maintenance.  An indispensable tool for managing   and reducing risk exposure, OUTSCAN combines   ease-­of-­use with rich functionality and a powerful vulnerability scanning engine into a unique solution.

Begnor states, “There was an instance where I was surprised to see that the OUTSCAN report showed   a high-­risk finding on one of our company web-apps which runs   on port 443.  So, I started to look into the high-­risk  finding,   which  revealed  a  possible  XSS/cross  site  scripting  exploit. Two weeks later the manufacturer distributed an email saying they   had serious exploits in the products with XSS/cross site   scripting and that customers needed to update their servers and systems. So, Outpost24 actually gave me the warning two weeks in advance which was fantastic.”  

OUTSCAN has proved  to  be  a  unique,  easy-­to-­use  tool  for   vulnerability  management,  combining convenient  workflow   tools  and  time  saving  user  settings  with  accurate  up  to  date   vulnerability findings.

About Funda:
Funda  is  the  number  #1  real   estate  website  in  the   Netherlands  and  is  an   essential  source  of  information  for  both  private  individuals and  companies  before,   during  and  after  real  estate   transactions.  Funda sets high   standards for ads on the website.  Therefore  Funda  works  only with  brokers  who   are  organized  in  an  association  with  high  quality  demands   on  its members.  Funda is not   intended for privately offered housing.  In 2010 Funda   worked with the NVM, VGM   Netherlands, VBO and   VastgoedPRO.  With  11  million   visits  and  250  million  page   views  per month  Funda  has   one  of  the  most  visited   websites  in  the  Netherlands.

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About Outpost24:
Vulnerability Management Made Easy! Outpost24 is the technology leader in on-­demand vulnerability assessment and management solutions with over 1,000 corporate and government customers, including Travelex, Delta Lloyd Group, ING Life Limited, University of Helsinki, and Banco Multiva. Outpost24 is headquartered in Sweden with a global network of local sales offices. Outpost24 delivers security solutions in a Software-­as-­a-­Service (OUTSCAN® & OUTSCAN PCI®) or Appliance (HIAB®) form factor. Outpost24’s solutions provide fully automated network vulnerability scanning, easily interpreted reports, and vulnerability management tools. OUTSCAN PCI® is the ideal tool for businesses of all sizes to achieve and demonstrate PCI DSS compliance. For more information, please visit http://www.outpost24.com.