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by skarap 3178 days ago
> the only reason we used this at a previous company was to kind of handwave around hey we have this tool doing regular security checks

That's the only reason for most of their clients. "We get periodic security scans from a respected vendor, yes sir!".

I can't rule out that the scanners might work, but if the vendor isn't naive, they'd be optimizing for their real target audience.