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Vulnerability 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

Mar 7, 202410 min

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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

Mar 1, 20243 min

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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

Feb 1, 20246 min

Vulnerability Management

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

Jan 29, 20248 min

Vulnerability Management

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

Jan 22, 20243 min

Penetration Testing

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

Dec 18, 20239 min

ASM

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

Dec 13, 202311 min

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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

Nov 7, 20234 min

Vulnerability Prioritization

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

Nov 7, 20235 min

Vulnerability Management

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

Nov 7, 20235 min

Vulnerability Management

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

Nov 7, 20235 min

Vulnerability Management

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

Nov 7, 20234 min

Security Insights

Why Ignoring Vulnerability Prioritization is a CISO's Worst Nightmare?

February 2024 Top CVEs and Vulnerabilities Report

January 2024 Top CVE and Vulnerabilities Report

Difference in Traditional Vulnerability Management vs. Risk based Vulnerability Management

New Feature: Grouping Vulnerabilities To Streamline Patch Management

Strobes 2023 Pentesting Recap: Trends, Stats, and How PTaaS is Transforming Cybersecurity

Attack Surface Management: What is it? Why do you need it?

Understanding External Attack Surface Management: Strobes EASM

Vulnerability Prioritization: An Effective Security Approach

Vulnerability Management without auto-deduplication is inefficient

Uncovering the Limitations of Vulnerability Scanners

The Ultimate Guide to Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploits &amp; Attacks

The Ultimate Guide to Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploits & Attacks