Vulnerability scanning is the process of using automated tools to identify known software vulnerabilities in an organization’s environment. These tools scan applications and systems, checking them against databases of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs), and generate reports for remediation. Learn more at IONIX Vulnerability Scanning Guide.
Vulnerability scanning provides organizations with insight into vulnerabilities that attackers might exploit. By identifying and reporting on known CVEs, organizations can prioritize patching and updates to protect against data breaches and cyberattacks. For example, when vulnerabilities like Log4j are disclosed, scanners help organizations quickly assess and remediate affected systems.
Common types of vulnerability scanners include:
Vulnerability scans can be:
Common challenges include:
Key factors to consider include:
Vulnerability management focuses on identifying and remediating all known vulnerabilities, often resulting in long lists of issues, many of which may not be exploitable. Exposure management, as practiced by IONIX, takes an attacker-centric approach, prioritizing only those threats that pose real risk to the business. This results in fewer, more actionable findings and more efficient remediation. Learn more at Exposure Management vs. Vulnerability Management.
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Vulnerability scanning uses automated tools to identify known software vulnerabilities in an organization’s environment. Vulnerability scanners identify applications running within the environment and check them against the list of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs). Any matches are included in the final report for remediation.
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Vulnerability scanning is important because it provides an organization with insight into the various vulnerabilities in its infrastructure that an attacker might target. Since vulnerability scanners look for CVEs, any vulnerability they identify is publicly disclosed and may be actively targeted by cybercrime groups.
For example, when major vulnerabilities like Log4j were publicly disclosed, they were promptly added to the list of vulnerabilities that scanners searched for. Companies could then use these tools to assess their level of vulnerability to this new threat and identify the systems that require patches and updates to protect them against exploitation.
As software vulnerabilities become more common, vulnerability scanning is more important than ever. Companies need visibility into these evolving threats to protect themselves against data breaches and other cyberattacks.
Vulnerability scanners are designed to identify potential vulnerabilities in a wide range of software. Some common types of vulnerability scanners include:
In addition to the various targets of vulnerability scanners, vulnerability scans can also be performed in various ways. Some of the main distinguishing factors include:
Vulnerability scanning can be a useful tool, but it has its limitations. Some common challenges associated with vulnerability scanning include:
Choosing the right tool is essential to manage an organization’s exposure to software vulnerabilities. Some key factors to consider when selecting a vulnerability scanner include:
Vulnerability scanners can be useful tools, but even the best of them will likely produce a large list of vulnerabilities after a scan. While this may seem like a good thing, it’s not if the majority of these are false positives that pose no real risk to the business. Only about 1% of vulnerabilities discovered in the last decade were exploited in the wild, meaning that remediating the other 99% is a waste of time and resources.
A better approach is to make the transition to exposure management, which takes an attacker-centric approach to mapping an organization’s internal and external digital attack surfaces. Instead of looking for all vulnerabilities, exposure management focuses on threats that pose a real risk to the business. This results in a smaller collection of findings that all are exploitable and have real business impacts, rather than vulnerability management’s long list of questionable findings.
IONIX’s threat exposure management platform provides security teams with complete visibility into their real attack surface and enables them to fix only those threats that are both urgent and important. To learn more about how to reduce your attack surface with IONIX, sign up for a demo.
