Be a moving target – hard to hit
Run for cover – it’s the right reaction, even in cyberspace. But have a plan first. Vulnerability management is the answer.
You can reduce your attack surface by
99,9 %.
Another Perspective:
Outside-In Instead of Inside-Out
With Vulnerability Management, you’re looking at your IT infrastructure from the outside – just like a potential attacker would. The aim is to locate any vulnerability that might exist in your IT infrastructure.
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Stay One Step Ahead of Attackers
IT security is a process – vulnerability management provides the foundation. Once you know where the chinks are in your armor, you can do something about them.
The process – from recognition to remedy and monitoring – represents a continuous cycle. You’ll always be one step ahead of attackers.
Still another plus: with our IT security solutions you can focus your hot spots, thus increasing the efficiency of antivirus systems, firewalls & Co.
Recognize and Manage Risks
Any IT system is at risk of attack by skilled hackers.
Typical causes of vulnerability are improper configuration or programming errors, unauthorized installations or violations of security measures. Our Greenbone Security Manager uncovers these and countless other risks – and helps you set priorities.
Focused Action – With Our Support
Your Greenbone Security Manager will test your IT network and any devices connected to it for more than 84,000 vulnerabilities – automatically. You’ll receive a daily security status update. The vulnerability check also gives you information on the severity of the problem so that you can set priorities.
Security Is a Process
Remedies are part of vulnerability management. Recognition must thus lead to a process that will eliminate detected weaknesses. Any vulnerability management process should answer three questions:
- Who gets which information about vulnerabilities and when?
- Who is responsible for what?
- What remedies are available?
Setting Priorities
Vulnerability in an on-line Web server is riskier than in an off-line system with telephone access.
Damage to machinery used in manufacturing is usually a lot more expensive to repair than damage to a Web server used for image films.
That’s why setting priorities is so important.
A Patch? Important, But no Substitute for Vulnerability Management
Even carefully patched systems require careful vulnerability management. Why?
- System interdependency frequently makes patching impossible. Possible reasons: Special enterprise-critical applications may lose certification or they may malfunction.
- Not every type of vulnerability can be patched.
- Improper configuration can cause vulnerability, even with up-to-date software. Some classic examples are an administrator password like “12345678” or file system shares that are exposed to the Internet by mistake.
Vulnerability Management and Greenbone – The Perfect Combination
Greenbone’s security feed tests IT networks as well as any connected devices for more than 84,000 different types of vulnerabilities – automatically. You’ll get a daily status of your threat level.
Here’s a live view of the current threat scenario: Live Greenbone Security Feed
Volle Transparenz – Made in Germany
What’s our unique selling proposition? The entire scan engine and all the check routines are available as open source. That makes them completely auditable. We’re proud of our quality and have nothing to hide. See for yourself!
Frequently asked questions about vulnerability management
What does vulnerability management mean?
Vulnerability management is an IT security process that aims to find vulnerabilities in the IT infrastructure, classify their severity and, in addition, provide a list of actions to be taken to address the vulnerabilities. The goal is to eliminate vulnerabilities so that they can no longer pose a risk.
What are the advantages of vulnerability management?
999 out of 1,000 vulnerabilities have been known for more than a year. With vulnerability management, these vulnerabilities can therefore be detected and eliminated before they are exploited by an attacker. This greatly reduces the attack surface of the IT infrastructure.
Vulnerability management systems are fully automated and, through features such as schedules and custom scan configurations, offer users the ability to create complete vulnerability management processes that constantly scan for vulnerabilities. The end result is that vulnerability management ensures more resilient systems in the long term.
What are the advantages of vulnerability management from Greenbone?
With solutions from Greenbone Networks, you receive a daily update of vulnerability tests. Since new vulnerabilities are found every day, it is important to continuously develop new tests. With the Greenbone Security Feed as part of the Greenbone solutions, you are always up to date.
Another advantage is that with Greenbone solutions you directly receive a classification of vulnerabilities according to their severity as well as possible measures for remediation. This allows for prioritisation and targeted remediation of the vulnerabilities.
In addition, when you choose Greenbone, you get technology from a trusted German manufacturer. All Greenbone solutions always comply 100% with the specifications of the highest data protection standards such as the DSGVO.
How much time does vulnerability management take?
Vulnerability management is not a one-off operation, but an ongoing process that is firmly integrated into IT security. The steps from the detection to the elimination of vulnerabilities run continuously in a constant cycle.
The duration of a scan always depends on the number of systems to be scanned or IP addresses to be scanned. Vulnerability management makes sense for any size of system, but can run for several hours as a background activity depending on the complexity of the respective scan.
What are the costs of vulnerability management from Greenbone?
The price of our solution is always based on the environment to be scanned. Depending on whether you are interested in a virtual appliance, a physical appliance or our cloud solution, our solutions cost between a few euros per month (from 10 IP addresses as a cloud solution) to several hundred thousand euros (up to 80,000 IP addresses daily for our enterprise solutions).
For which companies is vulnerability management suitable?
Every company derives significant benefits from the use of vulnerability management, as proactive security can be achieved.
Greenbone Networks’ vulnerability management solutions are suitable for businesses and government agencies of all sizes. Solutions are available for both micro-enterprises, where only a few IP addresses need to be scanned, and large enterprises with many branch offices.
Tight Budget?
Vulnerability management is the smart way to go with your IT budget. We’ll calculate it for you. Get our cost-benefit white paper today.
Set up a process
We’ll be happy to help you set up your own vulnerability management process. So will any of our authorized sales partners. It will be tailored to your systems, structures and requirements.