The Challenge: Managing the Growing Number of Emerging Vulnerabilities
Regardless of the amount of effort and resources invested, organizations are unable to manage the growing amount of vulnerabilities in their environment. Companies have taken to prioritizing vulnerability patching based solely on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) score, but just because a vulnerability is discovered does not mean it can be exploited. For example, a security team might decide to patch a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 10 when it unknowingly has compensating controls already in place that prevent its exploitation. A 2020 study (“Prioritization to Prediction Volume 6: The Attacker-Defender Divide,” Cyentia Institute, 2020) found that only 2.7% of security bugs appear to be exploitable and only roughly 0.4% have been successfully exploited.
The Solution
By adding the Attack–Based Vulnerability Management (ABVM) dashboard to Cymulate’s security control validation process, organizations are instantly provided with additional context about their vulnerabilities. ABVM integrates with common vulnerability scanners to inform security teams about the effectiveness of compensating controls protecting vulnerable machines and assets. ABVM combines the results of Cymulate’s simulated attacks with data from the organization’s vulnerability scanner to enable teams to accurately prioritize vulnerability remediation, patching, or reconfiguration of compensating security controls. Additionally, with these findings, Cymulate correlates the criticality of vulnerabilities with the value of assets, allowing security teams to optimize patching prioritization and reduce the patching workload.
Benefits
Improved Staff Workload Management
Reduced Vulnerability Exposure Time
Minimized Costs
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Case Study
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Prevents Hostile Intrusions with Cymulate
Learn how Cymulate hardened the security posture of Tel Aviv Stock Exchange's trading floor by minimizing its attack surface.
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Blog
Add Context to Your Vulnerability Management Strategy with Simulated Attacks
The best way to understand a vulnerability in context is through simulated attacks. Learn how to maximize impact and reduce risk with ABVM.
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Video
Demo of Attack Based Vulnerability Prioritization
See how Attack Based Vulnerability Prioritization automatically assesses vulnerabilities' potential impact on your company’s security posture
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Security Control Validation
Comprehensive SIEM/SOC and IR assessment with many scenarios permutations
SIEM Validation
Optimized SIEM Performance
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reduced false positives
Mergers and Acquisitions
Comprehensive M&A security posture analysis of planned acquisitions
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Continuously updated emerging threats resilience evaluation
Cloud Security Validation
Continuous cloud security control validation and mitigation optimization
Attack Surface Management
Continuous Security Validation with 360°
exposure visibility, comprehensive
threat vector identification
and resilience scoring
SOC and SOAR Validation
End-to-end threat detection and IR playbook optimization through comprehensive automated continuous security validation
