IT Risk management is fast growing in complexity. The Cloud Computing, explosion, Hybrid work models, and collaboration with third parties have increased the Attack Surface. This, together with the scarcity of security professionals, creates a challenging scenario for managing digital risk. 😥
In her article, Lori Cornmesser, VP channels of CyCognito, discuss how automation is needed to help Cybersecurity teams manage risk, focusing on: ⚙️
🛡 Risk contextualization: by using technologies that associate IT assets having security issues with organizations and business functions.
🛡 Security hygiene: by automatically and continuously testing configurations of all web applications and IT assets, rather than a fraction of them.
🛡 Prioritization of your remediation efforts: by using the combined information from the contextualization, the criticality of the issue, and the attractiveness for an attacker.
With the automation of all the processes of managing IT risk in the Attack Surface, you will: 🛠
🤓 Identify your top 10 or so security gaps.
🤓. Decrease your time to respond, reply or remediate.
🤓. Empower your security team by allowing them to use their expertise in more critical activities.
If you are using a combination of tools and manual processes to manage your attack surface, maybe it's an excellent time to consider an Attack Surface Management Platform. 🤔