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Prioritizing risk based vulnerability compliance for Financial Institutions

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Prioritizing risk based vulnerability compliance for Financial Institutions

Record-Breaking Security Vulnerabilities in 2023 According to data from Statista, the amount of vulnerabilities recorded in 2023 hit a record number with 29,000 new vulnerabilities reported. This is a 16% increase since 2022 and a doubling since 2017. In the first week of 2024 there were 612 vulnerabilities reported. This sheer volume of vulnerabilities being released, coupled with the growing costs of cybercrime, is stressing existing operations teams in keeping up with the volume. Doing…

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Benefits of Ingesting Data from Amazon Inspector into Cisco Vulnerability Management

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Benefits of Ingesting Data from Amazon Inspector into Cisco Vulnerability Management

Co-authored by Tejas Sheth, Sr. Security Specialist, Amazon Web Services – AISPL. Risk-based Vulnerability Management (RBVM) represents a strategic approach to cyber security that focuses on identifying and prioritizing vulnerabilities based on the potential risk they pose to an organization. This approach builds upon traditional vulnerability management, which often involves scanning for and patching all vulnerabilities without considering their actual impact on the business. In RBVM, vulnerabilities are evaluated based on factors like the criticality…

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NIS2 compliance for industrial networks: Are you ready?

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NIS2 compliance for industrial networks: Are you ready?

Since the European Union (EU) signed the second version of the Network and Information Security (NIS2) Directive in December 2022, there has been a real frenzy all around Europe about it. NIS2 is now on top of the priority lists of most European Chief Information Security Officers (CISO). But do you know what it is? And most importantly, should you be concerned? You probably have no choice but to comply with NIS2 The short answer…

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Meet the Cisco Security Risk Score (formerly Kenna Risk Score)

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Meet the Cisco Security Risk Score (formerly Kenna Risk Score)

In April 2023, we rebranded our risk-based vulnerability management solution, Kenna.VM, to Cisco Vulnerability Management. Today, we are excited to share another milestone in our journey. Effective immediately, the Kenna Risk Score is renamed to the Cisco Security Risk Score. Additionally, Kenna.VI (and Kenna.VI+) is renamed to Cisco Vulnerability Intelligence, and Kenna.AppSec is renamed to Application Security module. Cisco Security Risk Score To strengthen cohesion with the Cisco brand and enhance the user experience, the…

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Cisco Vulnerability Management Named a Leader in Omdia Universe: RBVM Solutions, 2023

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Cisco Vulnerability Management Named a Leader in Omdia Universe: RBVM Solutions, 2023

Omdia released its 2023 Omdia Universe: Risk-Based Vulnerability Management Solutions report, and we’re excited to say that Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna.VM) is recognized as a Leader! Risk-based Vulnerability Management (RBVM) builds upon the legacy vulnerability management market with stronger vulnerability prioritization and response. RBVM tackles the problem of determining which vulnerabilities pose a real risk in your environment and need to be patched versus which vulnerabilities you can safely de-prioritize. Improving the efficiency and…

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Determining the 10 most critical vulnerabilities on your network

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Determining the 10 most critical vulnerabilities on your network

When it comes to staying on top of security events, a good application that alerts on security events is better than none. It stands to reason then that two would be better than one, and so on. More data can be a double-edged sword. You want to know when events happen across different systems and through disparate vectors. However alert fatigue is a real thing, so quality over quantity matters. The real power of having…

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