Does your environment's cyber hygiene pass the sniff test?
A vulnerability assessment (VA) provides a snapshot of known vulnerabilities with potential to impact your environment which has been analyzed by experts to prioritize the greatest risks and eliminate vulnerabilities that do not pose a threat. Consultants will aim to provide guidance to remediate as much risk as possible in the most effective order.
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In general, vulnerability assessments will test your network and Wi-Fi, servers, web applications and other host systems. Both internal and external scanning will be performed in order to populate a list of known vulnerabilities which will then be manually and expertly analyzed. It is recommended to perform a VA on a regular basis in order to know whether your current security posture adequately mitigates your particular risks.
Meaningful risk reduction is contextual.
A properly executed VA provides comprehensive knowledge about the flaws and vulnerabilities of your digital assets in order to facilitate risk reduction. This information must take into account environmental and control factors in order to provide actionable recommendations that decrease the probability of successful cyber attacks.
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We often find that our clients are aware that they have vulnerabilities via regular scanning but have not formed an effective plan to address them. Meanwhile, we know that the majority of data breaches can be attributed to known but un-remediated vulnerabilities. VAs are designed for this purpose, to professionally analyze the exploitability of vulnerabilities in the proper context to yield an efficient and effective remediation plan.
How Heighten can help
Heighten's team includes resources experienced in offensive security and security solution design, possessing the specialized knowledge to perform high-quality Vulnerability Assessments (VA). Our team will evaluate your defensive security posture using industry-leading tools, as well as manual validation techniques, to establish a prioritized catalog of vulnerabilities in your environment. Your VA report will provide actionable remediation guidance and modeling to quantify the risk reduction of our recommended action plan.
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Our well-established methodology provides the foundation for the exercise and can be fine-tuned for any scope of assessment, target systems, or compliance needs. Once testing is completed, our experts will stand behind our results, providing a hands-on follow-up to further contextualize our recommendations and to field your questions.
Talk with an expert today
Elevate your cybersecurity by having a conversation with one of our experts. We are ready to help Heighten your view of what a true security partner looks like.