Innovative update enhances vulnerability management to forecast the likelihood of vulnerability exploits.
Skybox Security has released Skybox 13.2, introducing enhancements to its Vulnerability and Threat Management solution.
These updates are said to mark a significant milestone in vulnerability prioritization and attack surface management – empowering organizations with what’s pitched as unparalleled clarity and control over their cybersecurity posture.
Traditional vulnerability scanners often struggle to effectively prioritize risks, Skybox offers an advanced Vulnerability and Threat Management solution that effectively tackles the security challenges of vulnerabilities by prioritizing them.
This is achieved by combining industry-standard CVSS severity with customer-specific insights such as an asset’s business importance, the network accessibility of a vulnerability, and known exploit data.
This latest version extends the existing multifactor prioritization with new predictive analytics scoring each vulnerability based on the likelihood of a future exploit.
By forecasting the probability of a future exploit, prioritization is more precise, focusing teams on vulnerabilities that pose the highest risk.
Mordecai Rosen, CEO, Skybox Security, said: “Armed with the knowledge these new product updates provide, organizations can swiftly identify which vulnerabilities pose the most risk now and in the future – including ones that may not have an exploit available yet.
“This actionable intelligence empowers them to make strategic resource allocation decisions, ensuring their defenses are focused on protecting the most vulnerable and valuable assets.”
Adi Dubin, VP of Product Management, Skybox, said: “Organizations no longer have to feel like they are scrambling to stay ahead.
“By integrating predictive insights, industry-standard metrics, and customer-specific risk-scoring metrics, Skybox empowers organizations to rapidly identify and remediate vulnerabilities, reducing exposure and protecting their critical assets.”
Key features of the new release include:
- Predictive Vulnerability Exploitability: enabling organizations to preemptively address emerging threats before they materialize.
- Enhanced Attack Surface Management: Visibility into all applications within the organization, along with their relevant assets and network services, empowering organizations to understand their complete attack surface.
- Integration with Palo Alto Prisma Cloud: Incorporates misconfiguration alerts from Palo Alto Prisma Cloud, enhancing asset risk scoring and prioritization across cloud-native technology stacks.
- Consolidated Vulnerability Management: With support for information technology, operational technology and cloud vulnerability management initiatives, organizations can streamline their security efforts using Skybox’s comprehensive solution.
- Immediate Action Recommendations: Detailed analysis and recommended security controls enable organizations to take immediate action to mitigate risks, reducing exposure gaps until patches can be applied.
These enhancements address critical challenges faced by organizations, delivering key benefits such as:
- Customer-Specific Risk Scoring: By factoring in the business impact and exposure of vulnerabilities, organizations can prioritize with precision, focusing on the vulnerabilities that truly matter.
- Exposure Analysis: Skybox’s understanding of the underlying network infrastructure allows it to factor exposure into prioritization calculations, ensuring that vulnerabilities are addressed based on their real-world risk.
- Comprehensive Application Visibility: The enhanced Model Explorer provides a comprehensive view of an organization’s application landscape, facilitating a deeper understanding of application interactions and network services.
