A typical enterprise Security Operations Center employs a diverse array of security tools to safeguard against cyber threats.
This includes Security Information and Event Management for log analysis, firewalls for network traffic control, and Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems.
Identity and Access Management controls user permissions, while tools like Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response streamline incident response.
If you were to just consider the enterprise vulnerability management program, it could have an asset discovery, vulnerability scanner, assessment tool, vulnerability prioritization software, patch management, configuration management, incidence response integration, collaboration tools for security and IT to work together, automation, reporting, integration with log management tools, and more.
Even with the increasing number of tools, the number of security risks your vulnerability scans detect is not reducing at all.
Ineffective Disjoint Security Solutions:Vulnerability and Exposure Management play the most significant role in having a powerful base for effective IT security.
This is a byproduct of the lengthy duration of security scans and the time consumed by remediation tools to mitigate the risks.
Missing Integration & Automation Capabilities:As previously mentioned, security tools already take enough time to detect and mitigate risks.
The lack of proper integration and automation of the process reduces the effectiveness of your IT security.
A change in the way we perform vulnerability & exposure management, a change in the ineffective tools, and a change in the fundamental IT security framework can be a game-changer.
Weakness Perspective, simply put, is the study of your devices, your network, your data, your software, your users and their privileges, your security controls, your network, your attack surface, your threats, and potential attackers to find potential weaknesses.
It encompasses all the devices, applications, users, data, and security controls of the network.
We must actively look for these weaknesses or security risks, the actual root cause for cyberattacks, and you'll see a drastic change in your organization's security posture.
Continuous Vulnerability and Exposure Management is the new way of performing vulnerability management.
By incorporating the weakness perspective and making incremental yet significant improvements to the vulnerability and exposure management process, CVEM is the shot in the arm all modern IT security teams need to improve their IT security.
With the weakness perspective at the crux, CVEM introduces a broader scope in the detection of security risks.
Integration and automation play a critical role in CVEM. Integration of the different steps of the mitigation process, from detection and assessment to prioritization and remediation, leads to a streamlined and smooth security risk management process.
Adding to the issue is the ever-expanding attack surface, making the life of IT security teams difficult.
Better tools, automation, and integration are the key game changers that can take your IT security to the next level.
Continuous Vulnerability and Exposure Management is the glue that ties it all together.
This Cyber News was published on www.cybersecurity-insiders.com. Publication date: Mon, 19 Feb 2024 14:13:04 +0000