In the face of a threat landscape that has evolved over the years, IT security teams still need to progress to eradicate the rising vulnerabilities. Even now, IT security teams rely on frustrating methods like isolated tools for each task, remediating all the flaws without prioritization, and more. i.e. Modern Vulnerability Management.
Having repeatedly performed these tasks over significant years, IT security teams feel the sense of the firm establishment of their vulnerability management program. In addition, IT security teams are hesitant to take a step forward to reduce the friction of managing vulnerabilities as they must meet finite budgets. Hence, the current scenario results in threading water: not really getting anywhere.
Modern vulnerability management is more of an evolution, unlike flipping a switch. Hence, this article will motivate you to switch to modern vulnerability management to make meaningful changes to reduce rising cyber-attacks.
Let’s dive into the article to understand all about Modern vulnerability management.
Modern Vulnerability Management: Why it Makes Sense
Traditional vulnerability management is shackled by three visible characteristics – siloed approach, unmanaged vulnerabilities beyond CVEs, and a lack of integrated remediation.
Siloed interface and multi-point solutions
In traditional vulnerability management, multiple security tools are integrated, creating chaos and confusion. Making them work together and correlate the vulnerabilities for further remediation is difficult. Hence, the plug-and-play integrations make the entire vulnerability management process harder than it is.
Modern vulnerability management braces a single unified console that reduces the dilemma of integrating multiple security tools for each task in vulnerability management. In addition, it meets your finite budget, and the cost of numerous security tools will be equivalent or less to one unified solution.
Deprived vulnerabilities beyond CVEs
“All CVEs are vulnerabilities, but not all vulnerabilities have CVEs.”
The acronym ‘CVE’ refers only to software vulnerabilities. Apart from these software vulnerabilities, there are many loopholes like misconfigurations, missing patches, and other security risk exposures. These can potentially be hacked by cyber-attackers as security risks do not have a standard CVE number.
Modern vulnerability management includes extensive scanning capability to detect all vulnerabilities beyond CVEs and security exposures. In addition, it leverages a comprehensive vulnerability database with plenty of security checks which help in the accurate detection of vulnerabilities.
Lack of helpful information on effective remediation
IT security teams rely on different security tools for detection and remediation. Most of the traditional vulnerability management tools do not have integrated patching. Hence, it creates a security gap between detection and remediation. Also, it is difficult to get the vulnerability data from one tool and correlate it with the patching tool. Therefore, it becomes cumbersome, and remediation does not happen on time.
Modern vulnerability management integrates remediation and closes the security gap. Integrated remediation improves the operational efficiency of traditional vulnerability management. In addition, it is a pre-emptive mechanism to remediate vulnerabilities on time. Hence, the integration will help you understand the risks, analyze and prioritize vulnerabilities, and patch them on time before cyber-attackers prevail in your network.
What is Continuous Vulnerability and Exposure Management?
Continuous Vulnerability and Exposure Management (CVEM), introduces a fresh perspective to cybersecurity by evaluating an organization’s IT infrastructure security status from a weak perspective and allowing it to strengthen its security posture capable of defending against cyberattacks. The weakness perspective involves the assessment of IT infrastructure that encompasses Devices, Applications, Users/Identities, Data, Networks, and Security Controls.
Modernize Your Vulnerability Management Program with SanerNow’s Continuous Vulnerability and Exposure Management
Get a Binocular view and declutter your IT infrastructure, also monitor security control deviations
SecPod SanerNow invents a new perspective to cyber-attack prevention to get continuous visibility and enhance your security posture. Continuous posture anomaly management (CPAM) gives a number of data points that you were unaware of. It identifies anomalies across your devices and applies machine learning algorithms to uncover a number of potential risks that could be exploited by cyber-attackers. With continuous posture anomaly management tool, you can deep learn your IT environment with statistical analysis, normalize the outliers, and make it known-good. In addition, you can monitor security control deviations effortlessly and ensure the continuous functioning of devices.
Detect vulnerabilities beyond CVEs
Apart from software vulnerabilities with CVEs, SecPod SanerNow detects numerous other security risks like misconfigurations, missing patches, and more that threaten your network. Also, SanerNow avoids the cumulation of loopholes and reduces the probability of exploitation by hackers.
Instant and integrated remediation with other remediation controls
SecPod SanerNow facilitates integrated vulnerability and patch management. Apart from patching software vulnerabilities, SanerNow braces other remediation controls. In addition, it closes the security gap between detection and remediation with automated instant patching. With SanerNow, you can create automation rules for patching and avoid delays in the remediation process.
Leverage security controls beyond patching
Patching is more than just a measure to maintain the security posture. SecPod SanerNow leverages other security controls like easy software deployment, system health monitoring, blocking malicious applications and rogue devices, building queries and responses, and more. With SanerNow, you can reduce risk exposure with a wide range of security controls.
A centralized and unified approach to manage vulnerabilities and security risks
SecPod SanerNow is a unified platform amalgamating vulnerability management, patching, and various security controls and aligns with regulatory compliance. The SanerNow centralized console helps you to manage vulnerabilities effortlessly. In addition, with SanerNow in place, you can avoid plug-and-play among a maze of security tools.
Risk Prioritization
SanerNow risk prioritization prioritizes vulnerabilities based on Business Context, characteristics of vulnerabilities like Exploitability, Automatable, Technical Impact, and Mission Prevelance parameters. It is the world’s first Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) framework-based prioritization tool.
Automated and continuous vulnerability exposure management solution to get complete visibility of your IT environment
SecPod SanerNow automates vulnerability and exposure management with continuous scanning, prioritization, and remediation of vulnerabilities. The automated and continuous vulnerability management solution helps to achieve modern vulnerability management. Also, you will get complete visibility of your IT environment, which minimizes risk from your attack surface.
Conclusion
Modern vulnerability management is an evolution; you need to take a step forward to evolve through traditional vulnerability management.
Schedule a demo with SanerNow CVEM and get a clear picture of how you can modernize your vulnerability management program now!