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Nipper for routers, switches & firewalls

Accurate Network Device Vulnerability Assessments

Close your most critical security and compliance gaps with risk and remediation findings from Nipper.

Why network devices need Nipper?

The impact of misconfigured routers, switches, and firewalls is global news. Securing these devices to prevent ransomware attacks and delay lateral movement in the event of a perimeter-breach, is essential cyber hygiene.

Analyzing device configurations with the precision of a pentester, Nipper is a must have on-demand solution for configuration management, compliance and control.

Network risk owners use Nipper to shut down known pathways that could allow threat actors to alter network configurations and scale attacks.

Whilst assessors use Nipper to reduce audit times by up to 80% with pass/fail evidence of compliance with military, federal and industry regulations.

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Assess devices even in air-gapped and offline environments

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Validate device security using vendor hardening standards

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Prioritize vulnerability remediation by impact of exploitation

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Evidence compliance with risk management frameworks

Risk-Based Vulnerability Management for Network Devices

Providing complementary analysis to server-centric vulnerability assessment, Nipper’s advanced network contextualization suppresses irrelevant findings, prioritizes risks by criticality, and automates device-specific guidance on how to fix misconfigurations.

Exception-based security reporting

Nipper’s renowned Security Audit automates configuration checks to report exceptions that fail to adhere to vendor hardening guides and network infrastructure hardening best practices.

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Internal and External Security Teams

Quickly, easily and accurately detect networking misconfigurations and determine their impact if exploited, the ease of exploitation, and ease of fix. View the findings through Nipper’s security or compliance lenses to accurately report your posture and prioritize remediation workflows by risk criticality. 

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Compliance Auditors and Pentesters

Significantly reduce the time spent auditing routers, switches and firewalls against industry and regulatory compliance standards by automating the in-depth configuration analysis and recommendation reporting which can be white-labelled for your branding. 

Reporting Made Easy

Evidence-based:

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    STIGs
    Automate NDM and RTR checks with pass/fail evidence…
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    PCI DSS 4.0
    Automate requirement checks for network devices…
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    NIST SP 800-53
    Pass/fail evidence of compliance with up to 49 controls…
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    NIST SP 800-171
    Accurately assess compliance with network controls...
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    CMMC
    Accurately assess compliance with network security practices...



Exception-based:

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    Titania Security Audit
    Detect where configs deviate from vendor hardening standards...
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    CISCO PSIRT
    Exception-based reports for vulnerabilities…
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    NIST NVD
    Assess for national vulnerabilities in minutes…
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    CIS Benchmarks
    Check for vulnerabilities against the benchmarks…

“Nipper plays an important role as it helps to audit every device accurately and enables us to dedicate our valuable resources by analyzing and prioritizing fixes.”
Senior Analyst, Retail

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How it Works

How to use Titania Nipper: Nipper is a downloadable application which is installed on a local machine, enabling deployment in air-gapped environments and offline networks. The configuration assessment methodology does not require direct access to devices. Running the latest available version of Nipper ensures access to the most up to date security policy checks, compliance framework mapping and product enhancements.

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Audit Scoping

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Define the scope of the audit by specifying which IP addresses to include/exclude, which audit reports should be scoped and whether to include/exclude report sections.

Configurable Check Parameters

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Detailed check descriptions and configurable parameters help ensure network checks reflect organizational policies and risk profile.

Report Browser

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Navigate audit reports with ease, add notes and exclude findings as required. Report modifications can be applied each time the same device or device type is audited.

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Easily read, filter, manage and export findings to a variety of platforms including STIG Viewer (Checklist, CMRS, XCCDF, and CSV), HTML, SQL, CSV, LaTex, ASCII, and XML).

Air-gapped Assessments

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Assess and assure security and compliance, even in offline networks. The configuration assessment methodology does not require direct access to devices.

Nipper Supported Devices

For specific details on Nipper’s support for vendor’s products, models and versions, please either contact us or request a trial.

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