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Faster Fixes: Solving the Security Testing Trade-off
By Jason Pappalexis
Sr. Technical Marketing Manager
May 19, 2025
Security teams are under constant pressure to find and fix vulnerabilities faster, but traditional approaches to security testing often create delays. In this blog, we explore why active security testing, despite its perception for being slow and resource intensive, is the key to achieving faster and more confident fixes. You will learn how accurate testing results drive smarter remediation decisions, how fully automated testing at scale overcomes common operational challenges, and why reducing your window of exposure requires moving beyond passive scanning. If your organization is struggling with long remediation cycles and hidden risks, this is the blueprint for accelerating your security outcomes.
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Emerging Security Issue: Ivanti Vulnerabilities CVE-2023-46805 and CVE-2024-21887
By Emma Zaballos
Product Marketing Manager
January 24, 2024
Two security issues affecting the popular Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure remote access SSL VPN systems can be chained together to give unauthenticated attackers remote access to critical systems. CyCognito’s active testing protects our current customers and delivers key insights about these vulnerabilities in the CyCognito platform.
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No Room for Doubt – Why Security Testing is Essential for your External Attack Surface
By Jason Pappalexis
Sr. Technical Marketing Manager
January 9, 2024
Security testing externally exposed assets is essential to building a risk profile but is difficult using legacy approaches.
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If you aren’t running the right security testing, how protected are you?
By Jason Pappalexis
Sr. Technical Marketing Manager
September 20, 2023
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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By Jason Pappalexis
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Defensive Playbook: Understanding New Trends in External Risk with CyCognito’s State of External Exposure Management Report
By Emma Zaballos
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