Just in case if you think agent based architecture is the best, get to know about the following points:
- Agents cannot be installed on IoT and network devices such as routers, switches and firewalls.
- Agents cannot discover vulnerabilities related to SSL.
- Agents cannot discover newly added devices as they do not perform discovery scan.
There are other drawbacks as well but then drawbacks also exist in scanner based architectures.
Please refer the below link for lists of Qualys agent versions and their supported platforms:
https://success.qualys.com/support/s/article/000006675
Please refer the below link for lists of Nessus agent versions and their supported platforms:
https://docs.tenable.com/generalrequirements/Content/NessusAgentSoftwareRequirements.htm
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