In the final blog of this series on “Optimizing Your Vulnerability and Exposure Management Strategy,” we’ll look at metrics. Security has become increasingly strategic to the business mission. Like other strategic areas within a business, such as finance, sales, and operations, there is a need for accurate, evidence-based measures and metrics. These metrics, specifically tied to remediation, enable the security teams to identify gaps, justify budgets, illustrate successes, etc.
In blog six of this series, I discussed remediation with validation. An issue has been identified predicated on robust asset intelligence coupled with vulnerability and exposure data. The issue has been remediated, and the outcome of that remediation effort has been validated. That’s extremely powerful. However, Sevco takes it further by providing metrics to enable process improvement. These metrics are valuable to the security team, the executive team, and the board.
Sevco has a built-in remediation threshold counter, so you can easily see the time taken to remediate a specific issue and group remediation efforts to see how those measures average. For example, a high-priority risk was identified and remediated within 48 hours, which may be under the 72-hour threshold. Or 50 assets with high-priority vulnerabilities have been in the remediation queue for over a week. These metrics enable organizations to make informed decisions regarding security budgets, the need for more headcount, training, process improvement, investments in additional tools, etc. The metrics can also be trended to illustrate where gains have been made, or issues remain over various time windows.
Finally, the metrics provide valuable data points when discussing the state of security within your organization with executive team members and board members. These evidence-based metrics are like those shared by other strategic business units, demonstrating their state, such as finance, sales, and operations
These metrics are only possible because of the Sevco platform and Sevco’s ability to optimize your vulnerability and exposure management strategy. Be sure to check the other blogs in this seven-part series.
• It’s time to change the game
• Are vulnerability scanners dead
• Transcending CVEs and leveraging environmental variables
• Considering business context
• Risk prioritization and visualization
• Remediation with validation
Book a demo and see for yourself https://www.sevcosecurity.com/book-a-demo/