MANAGED VULNERABILITY SCANNING
Understanding your assets, risks and threats
Being able to identify your vulnerabilities before they are exploited is crucial in today’s connected world. Every year, thousands of vulnerabilities are discovered and organisations scramble to stay on top of them.
EDGENETIC is an award-winning cybersecurity organisation with unparalleled capability in delivering vulnerability management services. With our global Security Operations Centres (SOCs) we provide 24/7 services that secure our clients and detect and respond to sophisticated cyber-threats, providing assurance that your organisation is protected.
What is Managed Vulnerability Scanning?
Vulnerability scanning is the examination of IT systems and networks to identify security weaknesses that can leave an organisation exposed and vulnerable to a cyber-threat.
Vulnerability scanning is completed by a highly specialised software tool that interrogates IT systems to collect data which is then compared to a database of known flaws or vulnerabilities.
Managed Vulnerability Scanning is a fundamental component of any security testing programme for identifying existing or new vulnerabilities and misconfigurations across your systems.
Failing to understand and remediate the vulnerabilities you have within your environment could present an attacker the opportunity they need to gain access to your systems.
Vulnerability Scanning vs Penetration testing
What are the differences between Vulnerability Scanning and Penetration Testing?
Vulnerability scanning identifies vulnerabilities within an environment and is much wider in scope than penetration testing. It is used to estimate how susceptible the environment is to different vulnerabilities. Vulnerability scanning uses automated tools that scan an environment on a regular and repeatable basis to generate a report based upon risk exposure.
Vulnerability scanning does not try to exploit the vulnerabilities and is normally non-intrusive.
Penetration testing goes beyond vulnerability scanning. It attempts to identify and then actively exploit unknown weaknesses or vulnerabilities within an environment and is much more rigorous than vulnerability scanning, penetration testing is not normally an automated process and involves human interaction to a targeted scope. Penetration testing is normally performed infrequently, a few times a year, to a set schedule.
Both vulnerability scanning and pen testing are critical to ensure a comprehensive view of threats and vulnerabilities your organisation could be facing.
Benefits of Managed Vulnerability Scanning
There are many benefits of having vulnerability management capability in place to help protect your environment and provide a proactive stance against threats to your organisation:
- Improved security and control
- Fast identification of vulnerabilities before external threats can take advantage of them
- Continuous threat visibility and reporting across your environment – all of the time
- Eliminate blind spots across your environment
- Contributes to meeting compliance, governance, and data protection requirements
- Operational efficiencies – scanning is repeatable, automated, and efficient meaning you get repeatable results
- Vulnerability prioritisation – know what to remediate first
- Patch management – vulnerability scanning can enhance and evolve your existing patch management program
Managed Vulnerability Scanning Service Features
EDGENETIC’s Managed Vulnerability Scanning service provides the most highly accredited expertise combined with Gartner Magic Quadrant leading security technology to deliver industry-leading protection for your organisation.
Our approach is proactive, and threat led; informed by our offensive and threat intelligence teams to shape our defensive stance and protect against the latest industry threats, providing in-depth unrivalled detection and alerting capability where it is needed most.
Frequently Asked Questions about Data Privacy Security
What is an incident response policy?
An Incident response plan or policy is a process you create before you experience a cyberattack. This is so that your team has a procedure to follow when you do experience a data breach. EDGENETIC follows the CREST Cybersecurity Incident Response process which is broken down into 3 phases: preparation, response, and follow up. Having a breach plan gives you the confidence to quickly nullify any threat to your data privacy security.
Why is data privacy security important?
Although it has always been important, the implications and need for higher security are coming into play now that technology is indispensable to everyday life. Using apps, browsing websites, and shopping online are all examples of how your data will be stored and managed online. For organisations today, the threat of cyber theft is a pertinent one. Having comprehensive data privacy plans in place can reduce and mitigate the risks of such events.
Does EDGENETIC practice sustainability?
As a company with a global footprint, sustainability is an area of importance to us. We are a registered ‘Investor in People’ organisation. Taking a cue from ISO 14001, we have strong sustainability practices put in place. Our organisation also hires fairly and equally, across gender and race. By working with us, you can rest assured that we implement data privacy security measures with ethics at the core of our mission.