The Greenbone Security Manager as a Physical Solution
The Greenbone Security Manager (GSM) is an appliance for vulnerability scanning and management.
It is offered in various performance levels and basically supports an unlimited number of target systems. The actually achievable number depends on the scan pattern and scan targets.
For finding the right model for your purpose, we provide reference values for the number of target IP addresses below, assuming a common scenario with a scan every 24 hours.
Please choose the suitable device based on your network size and your scanning frequency. Our experts and partners would gladly help you with the sizing.
As a physical appliance, the GSM is available in three different classes and as a sensor – starting with the GSM 150 for small and medium-sized enterprises to the midrange solutions with the GSM 400, GSM 450, GSM 600 and GSM 650 up to the enterprise solutions GSM 5400 and GSM 6500 for IT infrastructures of large companies.
Appliance |
Sensor |
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Model | GSM 6500 | GSM 5400 | GSM 650 | GSM 600 | GSM 450 | GSM 400 | GSM 150 | GSM 35 |
Field of Application |
Large companies/ service providers | Large companies/ service providers | Medium-sized companies/ branches |
Medium-sized companies/ branches |
Medium-sized companies/ branches |
Medium-sized companies/ branches |
Small and medium-sized companies/ branches |
Sensor for managed services/ remote scans |
Support Level |
Platinum | Platinum | Platinum | Platinum | Platinum | Platinum | Platinum | Platinum (managed via master) |
Daily Capacity (Scanable IP Addresses per Day) |
9,000 – 80,000 | 4,000 – 40,000 | 1,000 – 10,000 | 500 – 6,000 | 500 – 4,000 | 300 – 2,000 | 50 – 500 | 20 – 300 |
Ports |
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Management/Feed |
2 out-of-band management | 2 out-of-band management | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Scan GbE-Base-TX |
0 – 24 ports | 0 – 24 ports | 6 ports | 6 ports | 6 ports | 6 ports | 4 ports | 4 ports |
Scan SFP |
0 – 24 ports | 0 – 24 ports | 2 ports | 2 ports | 2 ports | 2 ports | ✘ | ✘ |
Scan 10 GbE XFP/SFP+ |
0 – 8 ports | 0 – 8 ports | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
Port Roles |
2 for management, others dynamic | 2 for management, others dynamic | 8 dynamic ports | 8 dynamic ports | 8 dynamic ports | 8 dynamic ports | 4 dynamic ports | 4 dynamic ports |
VLAN Support | 128 per Ethernet port | 64 per Ethernet port | 64 per Ethernet port | 64 per Ethernet port | 16 per Ethernet port | 16 per Ethernet port | 8 per Ethernet port | 8 per Ethernet port |
Hardware |
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Fan Speed Control |
✘ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Redundant |
Fan, HDD, PS | Fan, HDD, PS | Fan | Fan | Fan | Fan | ✘ | ✘ |
Hot-Swap |
Fan, HDD, PS | Fan, HDD, PS | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
LCD |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ |
GSM Networks |
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Master Mode (Scan & Management) |
Up to 80 sensors | Up to 40 sensors | Up to 20 sensors | Up to 12 sensors | Up to 6 sensors | Up to 2 sensors | ✘ | ✘ |
Sensor Mode (Managed via Master) |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Airgap Master | USB, FTP | USB, FTP | USB, FTP | USB, FTP | USB, FTP | USB, FTP | ✘ | ✘ |
Airgap Sensor |
USB, FTP | USB, FTP | USB, FTP | USB, FTP | USB, FTP | USB, FTP | FTP | ✘ |
Greenbone OS |
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HTTPS GUI (G) Report Format Plugins (P), Alerts (A), Schedules (S) |
G/P/A/S | G/P/A/S | G/P/A/S | G/P/A/S | G/P/A/S | G/P/A/S | G/P/A/S | ✘ |
LDAP/RADIUS |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ |
Remediation Workflow | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ |
IPv6 Support | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Backup/ Restoration |
Remote/USB, periodical |
Remote/USB, periodical |
Remote/USB, periodical |
Remote/USB, periodical |
Remote/USB, periodical |
Remote/USB, periodical |
USB | ✘ |