Six Must Have Security Tools (and They're Free) - Twenty-Four Seven Security

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May 28, 2008
Six Must Have Security Tools (and They're Free)

Picked this up from over on Mike Rothman's ever reliable Security Incite, but one thing first: I know I haven't been keeping up this blog much in the past couple of weeks, and some of you may have seen a connection with my recent promotion to Managing Editor, as in you rarely see 24/7 Security Pete and Pete the Managing Editor together.

You see, at the moment, 24/7 Security Pete and Pete the Managing Editor are having a hard time sharing the same brain bandwidth, and I'm thinking maybe it's the title...would you be more likely to read a blog called 24/3 Security (to be totally honest, I really only ever blogged 5 days a week). I tell you, though, these Managing Editor jobs sure are busy. It's like all of the sudden, I'm every PR agents' best friend, and they sure do ask a lot of their best friends. Or at least they sure do email you a lot.

I know, I know, enough with the backstory, let's get to the meat of the headline...what in the world are these six free security tools that are a must have. These tools are discussed on Network World, and while free isn't right for everyone, and I can certainly imagine the argument, after a system collapse, that the trouble with free is there is no one to blame (or take the fall), so in most corporate situations, well, you use free at your expense.

Real quickly, the six products are: MetaSploit, Splunk, Google, KeePass, Helix and Netwox. The article appears on Network World, and you can check it out right here!