Greenbone’s Technology
The detailed differences between the versions and the according feed are explained in our WhitePaper
Our Solutions in Comparison.
Greenbone Source Edition,
Greenbone Professional Edition
and Greenbone Cloud Services in Comparison
Properties and Features
The Greenbone Source Edition (GSE), the Greenbone Professional Edition (GPE) and the Greenbone Cloud Services (GCS) differ in terms of solution delivery, deployment and support:
| Criteria | GSE | GPE | GCS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Setup |
Individual selection of operating system and hardware Built on own responsibility or installation of community packages |
Turnkey solution Simple and uncomplicated setup within shortest time |
Simple account registration, and configuration within shortest time |
| Feed Compatibility | Established on own responsibility | Assured with SLA | Assured with SLA |
| Performance | Optimized on own responsibility | Optimized for hardware | Variable according to requirements |
| Backup/Recovery | Solved individually | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fixes/Improvements | Managed on own responsibility | Assured with SLA | Assured with SLA |
| Support | Via (external) community on voluntary basis | Assured with SLA | Assured with SLA |
| Software Updates | Manual source build updates and manual migration of data | Regularly and seamlessly | Continuously |
The features of the GSE, the GPE and the GCS are tailored to the respective environment:
| Criteria | GSE | GPE | GCS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Possibilities for Updates & Feed | Only Greenbone Community Feed |
Daily automatic Possible via GSM configurable sync ports, redundant proxy servers, USB or FTP Airgap, or GSM master |
Daily automatic |
| System Update | Dependent on distribution or on own responsibility |
Contains security updates Update from any version to latest release possible Grace periods for EoL and LTS Migration of data and configurations between appliances and versions |
Automatic Continuous security and platform updates |
| Protocols | Configured and set up on own responsibility | NTP, GMP, OSP, HTTPS, SSH,SNMPv2, SNMP, Syslog, IPv6, LDAP, RADIUS and more |
NTP, GMP, HTTPS, SSH, SNMPv2, SNMP, Syslog, LDAP, RADIUS and more |
| Integrations and Connectors | Not available | Different vendors like PaloAlto, Fortinet, Cisco FireSight, Nagios, Splunk, Verinice and more | RESTful API for all functionalities |
| Backup/Recovery | Solved individually | Backup for user data, system data via LVM, transfer via SCP or USB | Automatic |
| Alerts/Schedules | Configured on own responsibility via operating system |
Via e-mail, HTTP, SMS, connector to a SIEM or ticket system and more Complete scheduling possible |
Via e-mail, Slack or Microsoft Teams |
| Scan Architecture | Not available | Master/sensor, Airgap inside of high security zones | Cloud scanner, gateway components for internal scans |
See for Yourself
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You can download our Greenbone Security Manager TRIAL here: