
Tufin Orchestration Suite
Automates and orchestrates network security policy changes across heterogeneous environments.

The world's most comprehensive open-source vulnerability assessment and management framework.

Greenbone Vulnerability Management (GVM) is a modular network security framework that forms the backbone of the widely recognized OpenVAS scanner. Architecturally, GVM is built on a suite of services including the Greenbone Management Protocol (GMP), Open Scanner Protocol (OSP), and the Greenbone Security Assistant (GSA). As we move into 2026, GVM maintains its market position as the leading open-source alternative to proprietary scanners like Nessus and Qualys. Its technical foundation relies on a daily-updated feed of over 100,000 Network Vulnerability Tests (NVTs). The 2026 iteration emphasizes containerized deployments (Docker/Kubernetes), streamlined API-first integration for CI/CD pipelines, and improved delta-scanning capabilities to detect infrastructure drift in real-time. By separating the scanner engine from the feed management, GVM allows enterprises to scale horizontally, deploying sensors across global infrastructures while centralizing reporting and remediation workflows. It remains the critical standard for organizations requiring deep transparency, local data residency, and audit-ready compliance reporting without the vendor lock-in of SaaS-only competitors.
Greenbone Vulnerability Management (GVM) is a modular network security framework that forms the backbone of the widely recognized OpenVAS scanner.
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Uses the Greenbone Management Protocol for asynchronous control of scan tasks and data retrieval.
Uses SSH, SMB, or SNMP credentials to log into targets for local vulnerability detection.
Native integration of Common Vulnerability Scoring System for risk assessment.
Comparative analysis between two scan reports to identify new or resolved issues.
Automatically populates a persistent database of discovered hosts and their OS/services.
Allows GVM to control third-party scanners via a unified interface.
Supports NASL (Nessus Attack Scripting Language) for custom vulnerability tests.
Provision a Linux server (Ubuntu/Debian recommended) with minimum 4 vCPUs and 8GB RAM.
Install Docker and Docker Compose for the containerized GVM deployment.
Pull the official Greenbone Community Containers from GitHub/Docker Hub.
Initialize the GVM containers to set up the PostgreSQL database and Redis backend.
Synchronize the Greenbone Community Feed (NVTs, SCAP, and CERT data) using 'greenbone-feed-sync'.
Configure the Greenbone Security Assistant (GSA) to listen on the desired network interface.
Access the web interface at https://localhost:9392 and change default administrative credentials.
Define a scanning 'Target' by entering specific IP ranges or hostnames.
Create a 'Scan Task', selecting a scan configuration (e.g., Full and Fast).
Execute the task and monitor progress through the GSA dashboard.
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