Why Small Businesses Are Prime Targets for Cyber Attacks And How to Stay Safe
December 2, 2024
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You can’t protect your system if you don’t know what risks you face. Vulnerability management is a long-term security strategy that involves continuously identifying, classifying, prioritizing, remediating, and mitigating vulnerabilities in IT environments.
Having a vulnerability management program is a critical part of maintaining compliance and reducing the risk of both internal and external attacks. Establishing and maintaining a strong program can help you proactively understand potential threats to every asset within your IT infrastructure.
Vulnerability management is an ongoing process. In addition to regular updates, as an organization evolves, new users, applications, and other changes can create new vulnerabilities that threat actors can exploit. With new vulnerabilities frequently being discovered, following the following steps can be the difference between staying protected and suffering a devastating breach.
You won’t know what may threaten your
organization if you don’t know what’s in it. An
organization’s assets should all be categorized,
assessed, and kept track of. Regularly auditing your
IT environment and eliminating unauthorized
applications and other shadow IT will ensure you
know what needs to be protected.
Get a status check on all of your assets with a
vulnerability scanner. These scanners check your
network and web applications for any known
vulnerabilities, creating a report using CVE
identifiers that provide information. Additionally,
CVEs are also given a rating using the Common
Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) to distinguish
how severe these vulnerabilities are on a scale of
0-10.
Vulnerability scans and reports are a great starting
point for knowing which vulnerabilities are present in
your environment, but while CVSS ratings give you
some idea of the risk, they don’t account for the set
up and circumstances of each individual
environment.
Penetration tests add additional context by actually
exploiting these discovered vulnerabilities. If a
penetration tester can get into your environment by
leveraging one of these vulnerabilities, so could an
attacker. Pen tests determine which vulnerabilities
are truly critical and most in need of remediation.
With their priorities clear, security teams can go in
and address the vulnerabilities that pose the most
risk, which can be done through patches, updates,
or other remediation techniques. once action has
been taken on, an additional penetration tests
should be run to ensure that the vulnerability no
longer exists, or at least no longer poses a threat.
The scope of vulnerability management is becoming increasingly important. Vulnerability assessment, analyzation, and management is now a security necessity for organizations of all sizes. See how cybersecurity pros are responding with The Expanding Role of Vulnerability Management Report.
Vulnerability management solutions help locate,
analyze, prioritize, and track security weaknesses to
maximize IT resources, effectively mitigate risks, and
avoid costly breaches.
Application security testing scans customer-facing
web applications, network applications, and product
applications for security weaknesses and helps
prioritize remediation efforts.
Threat scanning and monitoring detects security
misconfigurations and active endpoint threats, like
malware, trojans, and viruses, within a network, for
timely protection and faster remediation.
Protect your system from cyber attacks by utilizing our comprehensive range of services. Safeguard your data and network infrastructure with our advanced security measures, tailored to meet your specific needs. With our expertise and cutting-edge technology, you can rest assured that your system is fortified against any potential threats. Don’t leave your security to chance – trust our proven solutions to keep your system safe and secure.
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Copyright © Hoplon InfoSec, LLC and its group of companies.