Achieving compliance for any sized organization is often time-consuming and stressful, forcing many security teams to divert their attention away from the tasks at hand. The value (and necessity) of achieving a successful audit efficiently cannot be understated, but the challenges are real. Using CyCognito to discover and test externally exposed assets and dynamically map issues to compliance frameworks provides the continuous visibility needed to streamline their work.
Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) are the most common protection for web applications. WAFs protect web applications by filtering and monitoring HTTP traffic between the application and the internet. However, WAFs need to be deployed and configured to protect web applications specifically. If they are not, this leaves open a potential route for an attacker.
Threat intelligence can feel like a firehose of data to security teams who are already struggling to keep their heads above water patching, fixing and hardening networks.
“Bad news, early” is a common business mindset designed to communicate urgency behind the need to identify small problems before they become big problems.
In a world where every alert, every asset, every issue is not equal, you need to begin prioritizing by thinking about two things: impact and effort. What do I tackle first?
