Scanning and Abuse of Service

SecurityMetrics, Inc., is a PCI Approved Scanning Vendor under certificate number 3707-01-04 and performs security assessment scans within the guidelines of the PCI data security initiative. A list of available scanning products is available on the product information page.

Scanners

It is important to allow SecurityMetrics security scanners to have the same level of network access to your Internet-connected devices that you provide to the rest of the world under normal circumstances. Users of SecurityMetrics scanning services are encouraged to add rules to their firewalls and inform their ISPs or hosting providers that security assessment scans may originate from the scanning locations listed in the table below. Ensuring that traffic from SecurityMetrics scanners does not get blocked ensures maximum accuracy of the security assessments, which leads to better security. If you have any questions, please contact SecurityMetrics Support.

SecurityMetrics Scanners
IP Range 204.238.82.16-32
Subnet Mask (Short) 204.238.82.16/28
Subnet Mask (Long) 204.238.82.16/255.255.255.240

This table may be updated from time to time without notice.

Abuse

Users of SecurityMetrics scanning services are required to consent to abiding by the Terms of Use before purchasing scanning services from SecurityMetrics. Please contact SecurityMetrics Support immediately if you believe that some form of abuse of SecurityMetrics scanning services is occurring. SecurityMetrics takes reports of abuse very seriously and works with ISPs, hosting providers, and other organizations to ensure that any abuse is dealt with in a timely and appropriate manner.