METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING SECURITY AND VULNERABILITY SCANS ON DEVICES BEHIND A NETWORK SECURITY DEVICE

摘要

A method and system of performing vulnerability and security scans on an internet connected device where the device is behind a network security device such as a firewall. The method is performed by having an agent that is local to the device to be scanned create a VPN connection with a scanning server and then performing the scanning over the VPN. The connection is terminated at the end to free up system resources.