Facebook Google Plus Twitter LinkedIn YouTube RSS Menu Search Resource - BlogResource - WebinarResource - ReportResource - Eventicons_066 icons_067icons_068icons_069icons_070

Systems with Sensitive Data

by Josef Weiss
November 19, 2015

Sensitive Data

Sensitive data is data that should be protected against unwarranted disclosure. Access to sensitive data should be protected. Protection of sensitive data may be required for legal purposes pertaining to privacy or proprietary information, such as trade secrets.

Sensitive data includes, but is not limited to personal and financial data, credit cards, Social Security numbers, and any other data that can facilitate identity theft, or identify an individual. Other forms of sensitive data may include copy-written data. Sensitive data can also be customer data, contact information, memberships, or political opinions.

With the increasing amount of data being generated by businesses and individuals across the Internet, locating and protecting sensitive data has become more crucial. Intruders and malicious organizations attempt to gain access to sensitive data through weakness and vulnerabilities in computer systems and networks. Identifying these weaknesses and keeping systems updated is solid first step to protecting sensitive data.

Encryption, for example, can protect sensitive data from being read, if compromised. Encryption can be used to protect sensitive data at rest, or in transit. This dashboard will also return compliance results for encryption checks that may lead to data loss. Applications that are unpatched, out of date, or contain weak methods of protecting data, that can result in loss of confidentiality or provide information disclosure are also displayed.

The collection contains two additional components from the Removable Media and Content Audits dashboard. These components provide indicators for confidential, personal sensitive, and credit card number data stored on systems identified by the Sensitive Content Audit Policies.

Nessus performs a variety of content checks to look for credit card, financial, personal, copy-written, and other types of sensitive data. This dashboard summarizes a variety of checks from sensitive data audits, and checks for the presence of items that may contain sensitive data. Some compliance failures could potentially lead to the loss of sensitive data.

The dashboard requirements are:

  • Tenable.sc 5.12.0
  • LCE 6.0.0
  • Nessus 8.9.0
  • This dashboard requires “Full Text Search” to be enabled for each analyzed repository.

Tenable.sc Continuous View (CV) provides continuous network monitoring, vulnerability identification, risk reduction, and compliance monitoring. Tenable.sc CV is continuously updated with information about advanced threats, zero-day vulnerabilities, and new types of regulatory compliance configuration audits. LCE correlates real-time events, such as DNS queries, and then performs analysis to discover vulnerabilities and Indicators of Compromise (IOC). LCE also has the capability to discover users, operating systems, network devices, hypervisors, databases, tablets, phones, web servers, and other critical infrastructure. Tenable.sc CV allows for the most comprehensive and integrated view of network health.

The dashboard contains the following components:

  • Sensitive Data - Potential Sensitive Information (Active Scanning): An indicator-based component triggers when certain elements are detected by an active Nessus scan. Such as material that may contain copyright information, office files, or NFS exports.
  • Sensitive Data - Systems with Sensitive Data: Lists systems with files that contain sensitive data. A filter selected the repository containing the audit results and a severity of high was used to select those with matching data.
  • Sensitive Data - Data Types: Summarizes file types that contain sensitive data.
  • Sensitive Data - Audit and Results: Displays an indicator that displays a trigger if any assets hold sensitive data, have vulnerabilities that are exploitable, and if the assets were scanned for sensitive content in the last 30 days.
  • Sensitive Data – Trend Last 25 Days: Displays a trend of the last 25 days of compliance type data vulnerabilities.
  • Removable Media and Content Audits - Confidential or Personal Identifiable Documents : This component provides indicators for confidential or personal sensitive data stored on systems identified by the Sensitive Content Audit Policies.
  • Removable Media and Content Audits - Credit Card Number Audits : This component provides indicators for credit card number sensitive data stored on systems identified by the Sensitive Content Audit Policies.

Tenable Vulnerability Management

Enjoy full access to a modern, cloud-based vulnerability management platform that enables you to see and track all of your assets with unmatched accuracy.

Your Tenable Vulnerability Management trial also includes Tenable Lumin and Tenable Web App Scanning.

Tenable Vulnerability Management

Enjoy full access to a modern, cloud-based vulnerability management platform that enables you to see and track all of your assets with unmatched accuracy. Purchase your annual subscription today.

100 assets

Choose Your Subscription Option:

Buy Now

Tenable Vulnerability Management

Enjoy full access to a modern, cloud-based vulnerability management platform that enables you to see and track all of your assets with unmatched accuracy.

Your Tenable Vulnerability Management trial also includes Tenable Lumin and Tenable Web App Scanning.

Tenable Vulnerability Management

Enjoy full access to a modern, cloud-based vulnerability management platform that enables you to see and track all of your assets with unmatched accuracy. Purchase your annual subscription today.

100 assets

Choose Your Subscription Option:

Buy Now

Tenable Vulnerability Management

Enjoy full access to a modern, cloud-based vulnerability management platform that enables you to see and track all of your assets with unmatched accuracy.

Your Tenable Vulnerability Management trial also includes Tenable Lumin and Tenable Web App Scanning.

Tenable Vulnerability Management

Enjoy full access to a modern, cloud-based vulnerability management platform that enables you to see and track all of your assets with unmatched accuracy. Purchase your annual subscription today.

100 assets

Choose Your Subscription Option:

Buy Now

Try Tenable Web App Scanning

Enjoy full access to our latest web application scanning offering designed for modern applications as part of the Tenable One Exposure Management platform. Safely scan your entire online portfolio for vulnerabilities with a high degree of accuracy without heavy manual effort or disruption to critical web applications. Sign up now.

Your Tenable Web App Scanning trial also includes Tenable Vulnerability Management and Tenable Lumin.

Buy Tenable Web App Scanning

Enjoy full access to a modern, cloud-based vulnerability management platform that enables you to see and track all of your assets with unmatched accuracy. Purchase your annual subscription today.

5 FQDNs

$3,578

Buy Now

Try Tenable Lumin

Visualize and explore your exposure management, track risk reduction over time and benchmark against your peers with Tenable Lumin.

Your Tenable Lumin trial also includes Tenable Vulnerability Management and Tenable Web App Scanning.

Buy Tenable Lumin

Contact a Sales Representative to see how Tenable Lumin can help you gain insight across your entire organization and manage cyber risk.

Try Tenable Nessus Professional Free

FREE FOR 7 DAYS

Tenable Nessus is the most comprehensive vulnerability scanner on the market today.

NEW - Tenable Nessus Expert
Now Available

Nessus Expert adds even more features, including external attack surface scanning, and the ability to add domains and scan cloud infrastructure. Click here to Try Nessus Expert.

Fill out the form below to continue with a Nessus Pro Trial.

Buy Tenable Nessus Professional

Tenable Nessus is the most comprehensive vulnerability scanner on the market today. Tenable Nessus Professional will help automate the vulnerability scanning process, save time in your compliance cycles and allow you to engage your IT team.

Buy a multi-year license and save. Add Advanced Support for access to phone, community and chat support 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Select Your License

Buy a multi-year license and save.

Add Support and Training

Try Tenable Nessus Expert Free

FREE FOR 7 DAYS

Built for the modern attack surface, Nessus Expert enables you to see more and protect your organization from vulnerabilities from IT to the cloud.

Already have Tenable Nessus Professional?
Upgrade to Nessus Expert free for 7 days.

Buy Tenable Nessus Expert

Built for the modern attack surface, Nessus Expert enables you to see more and protect your organization from vulnerabilities from IT to the cloud.

Select Your License

Buy a multi-year license and save more.

Add Support and Training