Although Nipper is simple to install and use, it is a powerful tool with an extensive list of features. We have listed below 10 great features of Nipper that explain the benefits you will gain from using it every day.

• Comprehensive Security Auditing

  Modern network switches, routers and firewalls contain a vast array of features and configuration settings. A weakness in any one could potentially lead to a compromise of your entire network. Nipper performs a wide ranging examination of the devices configuration in order to identify potential security weaknesses. Read more...

• Configuration Reporting
  

  The complexity of modern network devices with the range of administrative services, routing protocols and other device configuration settings can lead even an experienced administrator to misconfigure a device. Nipper can generate an easy to read report of your devices configuration settings with helpful descriptions. Read more...

• Intelligent Analysis

  Automated assessment tools can often produce an abundance of inaccurate results due to the simplicity of the checks. Nipper will perform an intelligent analysis of your device's settings, understanding how the settings relate and identifying common administrative mistakes. Read more...

• Support For A Wide Variety Of Devices

  Nipper supports almost 50 different network infrastructure devices from a variety of manufacturers with support for more devices planned for future releases. Read more...

• Customisable Reporting

  The default Nipper report structure is similar to that provided by a professional security assessment company with the addition of a report on your device's configuration. However, Nipper includes a range of options to customize the report style, format, company names, sections, auditing and more. Read more...

• Highly Integratable

  Nipper provides multiple levels of integration with existing and future systems. This ranges from simple spreadsheet-based issue tracking, importing results using the XML reporting functionality or integrating Nipper into your own software using the easy to use Application Programming Interface (API). Read more...

• Cost Effective

  Professional security assessment services can be expensive and time consuming in comparison to automated tools. Nipper can significantly reduce the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), especially where Payment Card Industry (PCI) assessments are required. Read more...

• Easy To Use

  Nipper provides a simple three step graphical interface that does not require any specialist expertise to use. A command line interface is also provided for more advanced users and adding scripting capabilities. Read more...

• Multiplatform

  Titania releases Nipper packages for Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X and GNU/Linux systems. However, Nipper is platform independent and can be built on other systems such as embedded devices or various UNIX systems.

• High Performance

  Nipper takes just seconds* to audit even the most complex network switch, router or firewall compared to upwards of 1/2 a man day for an average complex device to be audited manually. Using Nipper you could audit your entire inventory of network devices every day.

* In performance tests, Nipper performed a comprehensive security audit of 110 Cisco Content Service Switches in just 2.1 seconds on an Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 PC with 2GB of memory and no performance optimisations.