When new security threats are discovered and referenced on the internet, malicious users receive this info as well. Affected IT environments are easy targets. This is were Vulnerability Assement comes to play. Discover how it can reduce this risk and increase your global IT visibility!
As we just mentioned, each security threat is referenced on a dictionary maintained by the MITRE*. This is a non-profit company, dedicated to solving problems for a safer world.
They manage a big database that contains all the information about every discovered threat. The identification numbers the use are named CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposure) and those used to define the discovered vulnerabilities.
Each CVE contains a small description of the vulnerability, some references, the impacted product, the date of the detection and its severity.
A Vulnerability Assessment tool will use all this information to perform his job.
Now that the basics are set, we are good to go and dive a little deeper into what this tool can provide to you and your company.
For all of these reasons and many others, it is time to look deeper into a Vulnerability Assessment tool which will provide all these advantages and much more.
At EASI, we have chosen to trust Qualys on this topic. In partnership with them since multiple years and based on our experience we are able to help you for the complete process.
You name it, our Security Engineers are here to support you at any way you would like. So if you want to talk or if you would like some more information. Don't hesitate to contact us.