Understanding the Business Impact of Bots

Digital transformation efforts continue to accelerate and are pivotal for industries to sustain business and ensure growth. The major challenge is securing applications against malicious bots. Marshalling the resources to achieve this requires explaining the quantitative and qualitative impacts bots have on your business in terms your board and C-Suite will understand. As a business…

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Using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework in Your Vulnerability Management Process

The NIST Cybersecurity Framework was first drafted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology in 2014, with the latest version, version 1.1, following in 2018. It provides a set of guidelines for organizations looking to improve their overall security posture, particularly when it comes to risk management. The core tenets of the Framework can…

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Penetration Testing vs Vulnerability Assessments for Vulnerability Management

A vulnerability is a flaw or weakness in a system that, if exploited, would allow a user to gain unauthorized access to conduct an attack. Vulnerability management is the process of identifying, prioritizing, mitigating, and reporting on vulnerabilities to proactively reduce your cyber risk. The first step of that process, identifying, is where vulnerability assessments…

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Best Practices for Network Vulnerability Management

Best practices for vulnerability management really start with the network. By definition, network vulnerability management touches all aspects of your environment, every connected device, operating system, hardware, software, firewalls, and more. An unsecured Wi-Fi router, an IoT device with over permissive access control, or a firewall misconfiguration could be an entry point for an attacker…

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Using the SANS Vulnerability Management Maturity Model in Your Vulnerability Management Process

It is likely that you already have a vulnerability management process in place, but perhaps you’d like to rate the effectiveness of that program and identify areas that you can improve. The SANS Vulnerability Management Maturity Model is a chart that can help you categorize your current program capabilities and develop a roadmap for improvement….

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