Vulnerability remediation is the process of identifying and neutralizing security issues affecting cyber assets. Because these issues can cause millions of dollars in lost revenue, remediation costs, or fines if they result in a data breach or damage to cyber-infrastructure, vulnerability remediation is one of the most important parts of cybersecurity.
Automation and intelligent workflows are the cornerstones of an effective external risk management approach to cybersecurity and a surefire way to reduce mean time to remediation of vulnerabilities.
IT security teams are well aware their organizations are under constant attack. Reconnaissance scans and initial access attempts – logged nearly every day on heavily monitored web servers, SSH gateways and VPN gateways – are harsh reminders of exposure and risk.
While some organizations may be fine with an ASM solution that automatically bundles in pen testing, for more companies I think CyCognito, supplemented with a dedicated pen testing team, is a better solution.
Over the years, pen tests have increasingly become a mandated component of regulatory and compliance standards. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) requiring pentests be performed in card data environments (CDEs) grew this need for compliance-based pen testing.
Despite the best efforts of automation and AI, we will always need people to prevent hackers from stealing data and wreaking havoc on computer networks essential for most businesses today. In essence, a domino effect over the last two years of Covid-19 has led to the “Great Resignation” and the “Great Retirement.”
Exploit Intelligence offers an end-to-end solution that prioritizes which risks to remediate immediately, before they are exploited, by proactively discovering external assets, testing vulnerabilities, and providing expert threat- plus risk-based insight.