Security Insights
Deep dives, expert analysis, and practical guidance on exposure management, adversarial validation, and the future of AI-driven exposure management.
Why Ignoring Vulnerability Prioritization is a CISO's Worst Nightmare?
As a CISO, you're constantly bombarded with security threats, vulnerabilities, and a never-ending to-do list. But amidst the chaos, one crucial task often gets pushed aside: vulnerability prioritization. This might seem like a harmless oversight, but ignoring it can be your worst nightmare. Here's w
February 2024 Top CVEs and Vulnerabilities Report
In February, hearts weren't the only things feeling vulnerable. The cyber arena saw a variety of critical exposures across multiple platforms and applications. While patching might not be as romantic as chocolates or roses, organizations and individuals alike must stay protected. Here, we highlight
January 2024 Top CVE and Vulnerabilities Report
2024 is off to a crazy start in the cybersecurity world! Acquisitions are happening left, right, and center, and new cyber threats are emerging like weeds after a rainstorm. But fear not, security warriors! We're here to dish on the hottest vulnerabilities that have popped up this January, the kind
Difference in Traditional Vulnerability Management vs. Risk based Vulnerability Management
The key difference between risk based vulnerability management (RBVM) and traditional vulnerability management lies in prioritization. While both are concerned with identifying and addressing vulnerabilities, they take different approaches to deciding which vulnerabilities to tackle first. Risk Base
New Feature: Grouping Vulnerabilities To Streamline Patch Management
As someone who's been neck-deep in the world of cybersecurity for years, I've seen my fair share of "innovative" features come and go. Most don't fundamentally shift how we do things; they're just incremental improvements. However, every now and then, something comes along that really changes the ga
Strobes 2023 Pentesting Recap: Trends, Stats, and How PTaaS is Transforming Cybersecurity
Like every year, we are releasing some research and analysis around our pen-testing in 2023. This article covers key penetration testing statistics, including what category of vulnerabilities we commonly report across hundreds of customers, and how we reduce compliance times and turnaround time when
Attack Surface Management: What is it? Why do you need it?
Traditional asset inventory and vulnerability management software can’t keep up to date with the growing attack surface and morphing vulnerabilities. Contrary to other cybersecurity software, Attack Surface Management software operates from a hacker’s perspective which brings the SOCs and security t
Understanding External Attack Surface Management: Strobes EASM
Businesses are facing an ever-increasing array of cybersecurity challenges. The rise of cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and the expansion of attack surfaces have made it imperative for organizations to gain comprehensive visibility and control over their digital environments. External Attack Surface
Vulnerability Prioritization: An Effective Security Approach
No matter how many resources and efforts are put forward, companies never seem to be able to close the gap between the number of existing and new vulnerabilities in their environment and the number of ones that have been remedied. Companies have started vulnerability priortization patching, but if a
Vulnerability Management without auto-deduplication is inefficient
One of the significant challenges for organizations is timely remediation of identified vulnerabilities. 60% of breaches today involve vulnerabilities for which a patch exists but is not applied. Out of the approx. 11,000 known and exploitable vulnerabilities, some situations wherein patches are ava
Uncovering the Limitations of Vulnerability Scanners
Why your organization needs more than just a scanner to stay secure? Vulnerability scanners are one of the most widely used tools to detect and assess an organization’s vulnerabilities. They are, usually automated tools that scan for known vulnerabilities in networks, web applications, infrastructur
The Ultimate Guide to Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploits & Attacks
Nowadays, zero-day vulnerability exploits are among the most popular topics in the infosec community. Zero-days are unknown vulnerabilities that attackers can exploit to access systems or data. These vulnerabilities are usually found in software or hardware and can be used to bypass security control