PERIMETER CYBER DEFENSE MONITORING
HIGH-RISK VULNERABILITIES ARE PRESENT ON THE NETWORK PERIMETERS OF 84% OF COMPANIES.*
We use external vulnerability scans performed outside your network to understand what you look like to an attacker and uncover the vulnerabilities that make up the attack vectors. These scans are targeted at the external IP addresses of your organization and focused on the assets that are online and connected to the internet. These could be employee login pages, remote access ports, or company websites.
Perimeter Cyber Defense Monitoring is a critical component of any organization's cybersecurity strategy. By monitoring the network's perimeter and implementing effective security controls, organizations can protect their critical systems, data, and assets from potential cyber threats. This can help to minimize the risk of cyber attacks, maintain compliance with relevant regulations, and protect the organization's reputation and customer trust.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF EXTERNAL SCANS?
External scanning has many benefits, the most important being the proactive approach to protecting your network and assets. Monitoring your external network gives a good indication of vulnerabilities that attackers could use to access your network and systems. Looking at your network from this view, we can easily identify the most pressing issues. We also identify any services or new servers that may have been set up since that last scan and identify if they present any new threats to the organization.
Common Vulnerabilities Found:
Services listening on unsecured transfer protocols.
Servers configured with deprecated services.
Named known vulnerabilities
Benefits of External Scans:
Identify vulnerabilities: Perimeter scans can identify vulnerabilities in your network that could be exploited by attackers. By regularly scanning your network, you can quickly identify and address any weaknesses before they can be exploited.
Ensure compliance: Regular scans can help ensure that your organization is in compliance with relevant industry standards and regulations, such as HIPAA, PCI DSS, and GDPR.
Improve security posture: Perimeter scans can help you understand your organization's security posture and identify areas where security controls can be improved.
Reduce risk: Regular scans can help reduce the risk of a data breach or other cyberattack by identifying vulnerabilities and enabling you to take proactive measures to address them.
Save time and money: Scanning the perimeter of your network regularly can save time and money in the long run by identifying and addressing vulnerabilities before they can be exploited. This can help you avoid costly data breaches and other security incidents.
Provide peace of mind: Regular perimeter scans can provide peace of mind by giving you a better understanding of your network's security posture and identifying any potential risks.
HOW OFTEN SHOULD PERIMETER CYBER DEFENSE MONITORING BE PERFORMED?
We recommend running external scans on a monthly basis, at a minimum. We have found that running external scans one month apart is a happy medium between scanning too much and not enough.
WHY OCTELLIENT?
WE MAKE IT SIMPLE. Octellient’s cloud monitoring engine scans for thousands of external network vulnerabilities. We identify open ports available for data transfer. We identify all discovered vulnerabilities and security holes that could enable backdoors, buffer overflows, denial of service, and other types of malicious attacks. We analyze the data, prioritize it and provide recommendations for remediation. By scanning every month, we are able to track new services stood up either intentionally or not and track results month over month to ensure remediation efforts are being completed.