In today's ever-changing cyber landscape, a proactive approach to security is crucial. That's where exposure management comes in. It's the process of identifying, assessing, prioritizing, and remediating vulnerabilities and security gaps based on their criticality and value.
Implementing exposure management allows you to optimize resources and focus on the most important security gaps. Here's a simplified overview of how it works:
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Scoping: Define the scope of exposure management by considering business context and risk quantification.
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Discovery: Identify and assess both external and internal assets to understand your organization's digital footprint, including vulnerabilities and weaknesses.
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Prioritization: Allocate resources based on the value of assets and processes, ensuring that the most critical security gaps are addressed first.
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Validation: Test the effectiveness of remediation efforts to measure improvements in cyber resilience.
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Mobilization: Mobilize teams to implement mitigations and accept potential disruptions to systems and processes.
By adopting an attacker's perspective, exposure management goes beyond traditional vulnerability management. It provides actionable insights to proactively manage risks. Cymulate offers solutions aligned with exposure management:
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Attack Surface Management (ASM): Identify internet-facing vulnerabilities and potential attack vectors.
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Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS): Evaluate security controls and provide guidance for mitigating vulnerabilities.
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Continuous Automated Red Teaming (CART): Simulate end-to-end attack campaigns to identify breach points.
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Exposure Analytics: Automate data collection and provide insights to prioritize remediation efforts.
Implementing exposure management brings multiple benefits, including reduced risk of data breaches, improved compliance, better cyber insurance conditions, increased operational efficiency, informed decision-making, and increased stakeholder involvement.