Over the last few years, organizations have been adding additional functionality to their existing applications in an effort to provide more convenience and better service to its customers, partners and employees. These continual changes to your IT infrastructure create new gaps, introducing unacceptable levels of business risk within itself by increasing the risk of compromise to your existing critical data and information systems. With the advent of sophisticated, automated exploitation tools and “point-and-click” hacking, anyone with a network connection (internet, corporate, internal etc.) is potentially vulnerable and susceptible to attacks. The consequences of a malicious attack could be fatal for your organization leading to potential financial losses, damage to reputation, risk exposure of business (downtime, media attention, effort etc), legal issues, loss of internet presence of a service (causing business disruption) etc.
Managing vulnerabilities requires a well thought-out process that aligns to business needs and provides a solid framework for the IT department. The goal of Vulnerability Management is to have a system that helps to reduce the time and money invested in dealing with vulnerabilities and reduces the risk of vulnerability exposure.
In recent times, following are some concern areas that need immediate remedies and only go to indicate that Vulnerability Management is rapidly becoming a key area of concern of every organization:
- The number of vulnerabilities is growing
- The timeframe between vulnerability disclosure and exploit has shortened
- The urgency to mitigate network vulnerabilities has become more crucial than ever
- Management held responsible on vulnerability management
- Auditors need a detailed report on vulnerability management
- Management in need of a single dashboard on vulnerability status within the organization
When was the last time you evaluated your vulnerability management program? Turn to Indusface. Indusface can help you assess your current vulnerability management program. Our Vulnerability Management service analyzes the gaps in your vulnerability management program and identifies the areas where you may not have the right balance of people, process and technology. Vulnerability management encompasses a number of related disciplines, some of which are processes in and of their own right. Vulnerability assessments and penetration tests have their place in a vulnerability management process. However, both are monumental tasks that should not be entered into lightly. It's vital to know when one is more suitable than the other and how it will mitigate threats. |
