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BackBox NVM helps manage the entire vulnerability lifecycle, with differentiated capabilities along the way. The purpose of this post is to highlight the lifecycle and BackBox unique differentiation. It’s inspired by this image of how a CVE gets created: There are three steps in the vulnerability lifecycle: Assessment Application Action Assessment The two main questions …
Abstract: Network vulnerability management is an important part of network upkeep. Tracking vulnerabilities, understanding their impact on the network, and remediating them helps protect the network from cyberattack. But it is often a time-consuming, labor-intensive process and, therefore, doesn’t get the attention required. Table of Contents A New Network Vulnerability Management Approach: Risk management vs …
I was reading a research note by Gartner, ‘Maverick Research: Risk Management Produces Bad Cybersecurity’ ($), and it brought up some interesting observations about the usefulness of BackBox NVM when it comes to security best practices. The thing that jumped out at me is the difference in language between Risk Management and Threat Exposure Management. …
Introduction: ransomware entry and propagation Network teams and the devices they manage are not the usual audience for discussions about ransomware. Ransomware affects endpoints and is often the purview of IT administrators and security teams. However, there are things that network teams can do to help prevent ransomware from entering the enterprise, and should it …
In early March, Fortinet disclosed five new vulnerabilities. This sort of disclosure (from network companies in general) is not unusual. However, unusual or not, it presents a challenge to network administrators trying to keep their networks secure. Here’s the fundamental challenge, from some BackBox sponsored research from last year: 92% say more network updates are …
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has recently released a healthcare-specific cybersecurity vulnerability mitigation guide. The guide focuses on addressing critical vulnerabilities and provides a proactive approach to combatting cyber threats. I thought it would be useful to examine the three mitigation strategies in this report as they related to BackBox in healthcare and …
Last month when Cisco acquired Splunk one of the quotes I read on LinkedIn that jumped out at me was that this acquisition makes sense because: As networks get more complex, it’s important to know what’s really going on. I couldn’t agree more with that sentiment. And to me that’s one of the most important …
When someone says “look at that ten” I kinda hope they’re talking about me and not about the latest Cisco exploit (CVE-2023-20198). This one seems bad. It’s an easy to implement exploit, and the vulnerability is likely present on public facing routers. With BackBox IntelliChecks you can easily detect this vulnerability (and mitigate it if …
BackBox is the first and only network automation platform to help network superheroes both track and remediate network and security device vulnerabilities (CVEs and more) in a way that especially designed for network teams. NVM gives administrators the tools to protect their networks by tying together device inventory with a threat and vulnerability intelligence feed. …
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