Continuous threat exposure management (CTEM) is a risk reduction strategy introduced by Gartner in 2021. Designed to significantly reduce mean time to remediation (MTTR), it relies on coordination of people, processes and technology. Choosing the right CTEM technology is critical to efficient implementation.
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Many organizations see the value of active testing across their external attack surface but don’t have the resources to execute it. CyCognito solves five key challenges for organizations looking to reduce external attack surface risk and lower their mean time to remediation (MTTR).
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Vulnerability prioritization is the process of identifying and ranking vulnerabilities in order to focus efforts on the most important vulnerabilities.
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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.
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Manage the entire attack surface with external exposure management. Learn more about the key ways to safeguard your attack surface at CyCognito.
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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.
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Recent spate of Aussie breaches spur huge fines to push security teams to tighten their external attack surface.
Read more about Rash of Breaches Hit Businesses in Australia HardIT 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.
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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.
Read more about BYOPT (Bring Your Own Pen Tester) A CyCognito Use Case for Pen TestingOver 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.
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