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The Nessus interface is currently using Flash, which has a number of advantages as a development platform, but also has a lot of drawbacks. One of the reasons we implemented a Flash interface for Nessus was that Flash "behaves the same on every browser" (which turns out is not always the case), and it was reasonably fast to run the client (it's now outperformed by the newest javascript engines). Flash also doesn't offer a good "mobile" user experience, if at all. So, it makes sense to use a standard-based technology, and we're moving to HTML5. The default Nessus interface will still be Flash, but if you connect to your scanner using a browser
If a newly released survey is any indication, publicized data breaches aren't enough to prompt small businesses to better protect their customer or employee data.
A survey released this week by The Hartford found 85 percent of small business owners believe a data breach is unlikely and often lacked even basic measures to secure sensitive data.
"Most of the business owners surveyed believe they are not at risk, when in fact smaller businesses are increasingly being targeted," said Lynn LaGram, the assistant vice president of small commercial underwriting at The Hartford,
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