What do Innovative Vulnerability Management Systems offer?
Over the past few decades advancements in information technology has had a profound impact on the global landscape. It has become a key component of an organization’s global business strategy. Technological developments have transformed the way enterprises operate today. Enterprises with their multiple desktops, servers, storage devices, laptops and networks have paved the path for storage and a seamless flow of vital data all through the network. However, the possibility of cyber threats, infrastructure deficiencies and wireless network loopholes have increased with data and customized applications becoming vulnerable and exposed to third party attacks from both internal and external sources. Moreover, organizations further depend on the advanced IT landscape to communicate, collaborate and share information through web applications, social networking sites, and blogs. This in turn can also become the source for security breaches, data leakages and other vulnerabilities. Therefore, enterprises that are concerned about their IT security and IT compliance must resort to an efficient vulnerability management system.What is Vulnerability Management?
Vulnerability management is a quantifiable and ongoing process that helps enterprises to understand the hazards of vulnerabilities being present in its IT environment. It further helps to secure the critical data, network assets, customer information and intellectual property. Digital information needs to be managed efficiently, as it is an important organization asset and is the core of Governance, Risk, and Compliance management process.High level of information security paradigm requires risks to be evaluated and appropriate controls established to mitigate the risks. In simple terms, lesser the vulnerability on the network, lesser is the chance of something getting compromised. Hence, organizations need to invest invulnerability management solutions that aim at reliability, transparency, and sustainability, throughout the enterprise management process. An Innovative vulnerability assessment solution provides enterprises with a baseline of action towards attaining the appropriate balance between business intelligence and technology.Innovative Vulnerability Management Solutions
Vulnerability management solutions offered by leading compliance management solution providers are compliant with government regulations and have PCI compliance/ ISO compliance as well. According to Gartner, an efficient vulnerability management solution includes:
Keeping the above mentioned facts in mind, the latest vulnerability management solutions offer the following services:Precise asset discovery – Ensures network mapping and discovery and asset prioritizationCentralized and single repository for every asset and vulnerability – There is automated compliance related information collating from technology and non-technology sourcesSchedule audits – Provides a comprehensive audit trail for all compliance related practices through the overall processRemote vulnerability scan – Scans and incorporates compliance related data from multiple sourcesMaps vulnerabilities and assets to regulations – This offers document management, control, asset repository, and fine grained access control through a safe web based interfaceRemediation tracking – Helps to Identify, prioritize and remediate IT risksReports and dashboards – Provides management dashboards for compliance status along with the capacity to drill down into various territories and departmentsWith the right threat and vulnerability management systems running in sync, the threat and exposure of the network is greatly reduced thereby bringing security, reliability, and availability to the enterprise network.Read more on - governance risk and compliance, meaningful use of electronic health records