“If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, you will be hacked. What's more, you deserve to be hacked” ― Richard Clarke
As businesses, today increase their dependence on information technology including the cloud IoT devices mobile and social, their cyber risk continues to rise. However, just like an annual or periodic Physical Vulnerability Management, the program can help to identify weaknesses before they become problems. 95% of all cyber-attacks exploit known vulnerabilities and with 15,000 new vulnerabilities discovered each year. Constant vigilance is necessary to evaluate IT security posture discovers weaknesses and responds appropriately. The key to responding to this more dangerous threat environment is robust. What is the Vulnerability Assessment Program? Vulnerability Assessment Program is a formal process that identifies and quantifies the security weaknesses including your application software, hardware, and network. Vulnerability Assessment provides you with a clean clear report of what in your environment needs attention and where on the list of priorities it lies. Organizations are constantly patching and adding software fixes to critical systems. Because patches disrupt other software and systems needing patches cannot be taken offline. IT has a difficult time managing the unwieldy challenge of keeping software up-to-date. What do Vulnerability Assessment Service providers provide? Vulnerability Assessment Service providers provide a list of prioritized vulnerabilities by system software and other important details. This report serves as a to-do list for IT security to improve its security posture by closing gaps attackers could exploit one by one systematically. To reduce downtime or system issues identifying vulnerabilities is important because unlike the targeted attacks which dominated the landscape previously. Today's advanced attacks are programmed to search for vulnerabilities and systems and automatically start their attack process, therefore, it is critical to defending even if your organization is not a high priority target. Equally important to note is vulnerability assessments are not created equal. Organizations must evaluate their assets by creating an inventory of all the devices on the network including the business purpose and system information including vulnerabilities associated with specific devices. After identifying vulnerabilities, understanding their business impact and the purpose of the Associated assets organizations can score vulnerabilities. Understanding the context of vulnerabilities By exploitation of the weakness, understanding of the environment and context of vulnerabilities helps and guides organizations to ready themselves for the appropriate response and more importantly to respond to the most serious vulnerabilities for the most critical assets. In priority order, vulnerability scans are a part of a vulnerability assessment and it is a part of a Risk Management Strategy just like lab tests are part of a physical and a physical is part of overall health. Program the negative impact of a cyber intrusion including reputational damage, financial losses and loss of confidential information can constantly be seen in the news today. In the most recent quarter, 1254 data breaches have been publicly reported just like almost every previous quarter. For the past six years for the vast majority of these attacks, the vulnerability involved was known but a failure to identify and respond effectively ultimately led to an intrusion and damage ransomware attacks. For example, leveraged known vulnerabilities wanna cry and Petya used a known vulnerability that Microsoft had identified and patched months before the attacks began. The Ending The malware spread across the globe, hundreds and thousands of critical systems shutting down. Companies new malicious scripts are being created for known vulnerabilities daily and unfortunately are widely available as a good health regimen. A good defense is taking systemic preventative measures. According to the data breach investigation report, 60% of all small to medium-sized businesses have experienced a breach. Also, 58% of surveyed customers would stop doing business with an organization that suffered a breach. Cyber Security Consultant will provide a blueprint for you to improve your security defenses by understanding the environment including the assets and vulnerabilities they contain. Organizations can assign risk scores to prioritize response activity and address any weaknesses effectively.
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