Cyberthreats are evolving and becoming more complex, placing new demands on how organizations protect their digital assets. It is no longer enough to simply react to security incidents after they have occurred. Effectively addressing today's and tomorrow's threats requires proactive and continuous security efforts. This is where Exposure Management plays a crucial role by integrating with other security methods to provide powerful and comprehensive protection.
What is Exposure Management and why is it needed?
Exposure Management is about continuously identifying, evaluating and addressing your organization's exposure to potential threats. It means actively mapping and understanding how and where your organization is vulnerable. Unlike traditional vulnerability scans, which provide a static picture, Exposure Management offers a dynamic and ongoing overview of your security status.
Exposure Management in relation to other security methods
Exposure Management works best when integrated with a broader security strategy. Some of the key practices it interacts with are:
1. Vulnerability Management
Vulnerability Management focuses on identifying and fixing known vulnerabilities. By combining this with Exposure Management, you not only get a list of existing vulnerabilities but also a deeper insight into how these vulnerabilities can be exploited by attackers.
2. Threat intelligence
Threat Intelligence involves collecting and analyzing up-to-date information about threat actors, their methods and current cyber threats. By integrating this with Exposure Management, you can prioritize and manage risks that are most relevant to your organization.
3. Identity and access management (IAM)
IAM helps control and protect user identities and access. Exposure Management complements IAM by identifying exposed user accounts or permissions that can be exploited by attackers to get deeper into the organization's network.
4. Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
EDR solutions monitor endpoints and respond to suspicious activity in real time. Together with Exposure Management, it ensures not only reactive protection but also proactive identification of weak points not yet exploited.
5. Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
SIEM systems collect and analyze security logs from across the organization. By integrating Exposure Management, you get a more comprehensive overview, where both potential and active threats can be identified and addressed quickly and effectively.
How to implement Exposure Management
To successfully implement Exposure Management, your organization needs a powerful and reliable tool. This system helps automate and streamline the process, ensuring continuous monitoring and accurate analysis of your organization's security posture. Here are the key steps for implementation:
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System selection: Choose a proven tool like our WithSecure Exposure Management tool, which offers automatic identification, analysis and visualization of exposure surfaces.
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Map all digital assets: Both external, internal and cloud-based resources should be systematically recorded and continuously monitored.
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Continuous monitoring and automation: The system scans and analyzes the exposure surface continuously, enabling immediate detection of new risks.
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Prioritize risks effectively: Using the system's analytics and visualizations, you can quickly focus on vulnerabilities and exposures with the greatest potential business impact.
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Integration with existing security systems: Ensure that Exposure Management integrates seamlessly with your organization's existing security infrastructure, such as SIEM, EDR and IAM solutions.
Real-time access to Nordic security information
For those weighing up risks in the outside world, working with a European security provider like WithSecure can be a significant advantage. Threat is different from risk, and by linking your vulnerabilities and risks to a real threat picture, based on attackers' attacks, targets, methods and techniques, you get a comprehensive picture of your security.
By using our WithSecure Exposure Management solution, you get a clear and continuously updated overview of your organization's security status, enabling faster and more accurate decisions.
The benefits of an integrated security approach
When Exposure Management is combined with other security methods, several important benefits arise:
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Holistic overview: A clear and comprehensive view of the organization's overall security posture.
- Improved risk management: Rapid identification and prioritization of critical security threats.
- Efficient use of resources: Ability to focus resources where they do the most good.
- Faster incident response: The ability to proactively minimize threats before incidents occur.
Conclusion: creating a safer digital landscape
Managing security threats in today's digital world requires a proactive, integrated and adaptive approach. Exposure Management is a crucial component that interacts effectively with other security measures to create comprehensive protection. By actively and continuously monitoring and analyzing your organization's exposure surfaces, your organization can significantly strengthen its security efforts and be better prepared for the challenges of the future.
Want to know more about how Exposure Management and other security solutions can help your organization? Contact us for a free consultation. To get a good idea of the possibilities of the solution, I recommend booking an online meeting where we can show and tell you more.
