Vulnerability Management and Compliancy range as the most complex and misunderstood areas in IT. Solutions presently exist for:
As the business value and complexity of your network increases, so does the level of risk. A single unchecked vulnerability can lead to the exposure of confidential data and can damage brand equity or even cause a disruption of business continuity.
Advisories from newsgroups and security websites, combined with data from firewalls and intrusion prevention systems create a never-ending flood of information. The sheer volume of data makes it nearly impossible to determine which threats are critical and which are less relevant. While every asset, vulnerability, and threat competes for an administrator’s attention, they are not all equally important. It is almost certain that the most critical security issues will not be given the proper attention.
Successful vulnerability management begins with determining which assets are the most important, identifying vulnerabilities on those assets, responding to breaking threats, and remediating them. Without an effective, priority-based vulnerability management system, your organization will always be at risk.
Through a priority-based approach to vulnerability management, these specific products help organizations and government agencies mitigate risk by carefully balancing asset value, vulnerability severity, and threat criticality. This approach recognizes that enterprise resources are limited; and, by focusing on the most important assets, vulnerabilities, and threats first, the enterprise can direct resources where they’ll have the greatest return while improving the network security health of the organization.
Risk = Asset(value) x Vulnerability(severity) x Threat(criticality)