Warning: This blog contains purposeful marketing and gratuitous plugs for SynerComm’s CASM™ Subscription services. Seriously though, the following article will present the need for better external visibility and vulnerability management.

Whether you are vulnerability scanning to meet compliance requirements or doing it as part of good security practices, there is a universal need. At the time of this article, there are essentially three equally capable and qualified scanning solutions. They include products from Tenable, Rapid7 and Qualys. My point is that each of these scanning solutions, if configured correctly, should produce accurate and similar results. Therefore, as long as your scanning provider is using one of these three solutions, they should be able to detect vulnerabilities. SynerComm starts with a top scanner and then addresses all the gaps that your MSSP is missing. 

Vulnerability scanning and analysis is a critical process within all information security programs. Scanners should find missing patches, dangerous configurations, default passwords, and hundreds of other weaknesses. Their technology is based on probing systems over networks and trying to determine if the system exhibits specific vulnerabilities. While the process itself isn’t complicated, many organizations choose to outsource it to a managed service provider. If you need a provider or already have one, it’s time to upgrade to Continuous Attack Surface Management (CASM™). 

Ditch your Vulnerability Scanning MSSP

Vulnerability scanning MSSPs served their role well for many years but failed to keep up. They failed to keep with cloud migrations, failed to keep up with the rate of IT changes, and failed to provide tools that simplify and enable security for their subscribers. 

VS-MSSPs Lack Discovery of New Assets

VS-MSSPs are Plagued with False Positives and Fail to Accurately Describe Risk 

VS-MSSPs Lack Security Expertise

The benefits of Continuous Attack Surface Management include:

If you’ve ever wondered what your systems and exposures look like to a cyber-criminal, just ask a pentester. SynerComm’s CASM® Engine was originally designed to provide accurate and timely reconnaissance information to our penetration testers. Access to this data and our ‘Findings-Based Reporting’ is available to all CASM® and Continuous Penetration Test subscribers. 

Learn more about our Continuous Attack Surface Management and our industry-leading Continuous Penetration Test subscriptions. 

VS-MSSPsSynerComm CASM®
Scheduled Scanning of Known Assets✔️✔️
Ad-Hoc (Manual) Scanning✔️✔️
24/7 Online Dashboard Reporting✔️✔️
Discovery of New Assets✔️
Elimination of False-Positives✔️
Validated Findings✔️
Risk-Based Customizable Alerts✔️
Access to Penetration Testers✔️

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