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IT’S TIME FOR A SMARTER APPROACH:
THREAT-CENTRIC VULNERABILITY
MANAGEMENT
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our approach to vulnerability
management may be putting your
organisation at greater risk. Just
dealing with vulnerabilities that a vendor
said were ‘critical’ isn’t enough and may
still leave you susceptible to an attack.
Attackers are embracing ransomware and
other forms of distributed cybercrime
made readily available as packaged exploit
kits and services on the dark web. These
attacker tools target low-hanging fruit by
exploiting a surprisingly small number of
vulnerabilities, many of which wouldn’t
be tagged as a high-priority in a purely
vulnerability-centric approach.
Threat-centric vulnerability management
(TCVM) offers an innovative and smarter
approach for your organisation’s
vulnerability management programme
that will remain effective even as the
threat landscape evolves. TCVM takes into
account the context of your environment,
including each asset’s exposure and
importance to your business, the details
of your current vulnerabilities, your IT
environment and real-time intelligence on
available and active exploits. TCVM can
tell if any instance of a vulnerability in your
environment is already shielded by existing
security controls and if not, whether urgent
action is needed to prevent exploitation.
With TCVM, you have enterprise-wide
visibility into the current status of
vulnerabilities and the intelligence to
manage them effectively. You also have the
ability to immediately identify issues and
task the appropriate personnel or systems
with addressing them. n
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