Discovery of Cyber Assets
To begin with, achieving comprehensive visibility is crucial to uncover and consistently monitor recognized, unidentified, internal, and externally-facing (outward) assets. Isolated specialized products throughout vectors like endpoints, users, gadgets, cloud, and networks confine overburdened security teams from evaluating or conducting manual audits. It’s also imperative to acknowledge that new initiatives with open-source dependencies and user/device accounts are established immediately, necessitating the capability to observe your entire ecosystem as it evolves, not afterward.
The objective is to acquire visibility to address queries such as:
- What constitutes my attack surface?
- How effectively can I perceive what assets exist in my environment?
- How many, what kinds, and what characteristics are linked with these assets?
- Which assets hold the most value?
- How is the alteration in my attack surface happening?
Assessment of Risk
Observing your whole ecosystem as it transforms is the initial phase. Subsequently, your security teams must evaluate and prioritize any weaknesses or vulnerabilities. This not only pertains to systems but also different types of users. For instance, executives are frequently targeted in instances of business email compromise (BEC).
software supply chains and DevOps pipelines, necessitating the evaluation of processes for any security vulnerabilities.
- Can I quantify my risk? What is my comprehensive risk score?
- Is my risk score increasing or decreasing with time?
- How does it fare against industry peers?
- Where do I identify the most crucial security risks?
- Which risk factors require immediate attention?
Risk Alleviation
Although discovering and evaluating risks across your digital attack surface is vital, it’s equally important to receive actionable prioritized recommendations for mitigating risks to reduce exposure. Implementing virtual patching, modifying configuration settings on a preventive control, and managing user access parameters are just a few examples.
Significance of XDR
Investments in XDR implies having data, analytics, integrations, and technology in place that could serve as a groundwork for supporting other scenarios and offering insight and operational value beyond detection and response alone.
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