Set Your Organization Up for Risk Reduction with the Critical Start Vulnerability Management Service

With cyber threats and vulnerabilities constantly evolving, it’s essential that organizations take steps to protect themselves. One of the most critical components to effective risk reduction is vulnerability management. However, many organizations struggle with creating and maintaining a successful vulnerability management program.  

• 81% of security professionals believe that their current cyber risk management approach is inadequate at addressing the full scope of threats facing their organization. 

• 92% agree that their organization needs a more comprehensive cyber risk approach that spans multiple cybersecurity solutions, including vulnerability and patch management. 

Source: FORRESTER OPPORTUNITY SNAPSHOT: A CUSTOM STUDY COMMISSIONED BY CRITICAL START | JANUARY 2024 

Staffing, operational execution, and monitoring challenges, coupled with massive volumes of data, result in ineffective patch management and increased risk to the organization. Growing into a fully mature risk-based vulnerability management program takes significant time, resources, and expertise – much of which organizations lack, especially at the start. 

That’s why Critical Start is excited to announce its latest offering in cyber risk reduction: The Critical Start Vulnerability Management Service (VMS). 

Get Up and Running Fast with a Turnkey Vulnerability Management Program 

Critical Start VMS is engineered for rapid deployment, ongoing operational monitoring, and the enablement of effective patch management. Whether you take advantage of our included Qualys license, or we provide services around your Qualys subscription, we take the time to understand your environment with comprehensive asset inventories and we tailor your program to your organizational needs.  

With VMS, you get to choose from external and internal scanning options, and you get comprehensive coverage for diverse operating environments, with lightweight agents and remote scanning options. Once your solution is configured, we take the reins, and the overextension of your teams becomes a concern of the past. You choose from self-managed conducted in-house or fully managed scans conducted by Critical Start expert analyses. Our continuous operational monitoring ensures that your assets are covered, your jobs are running correctly, and your scans receive all data points so that you know you aren’t leaving gaps in your coverage. 

Put an End to the Patch Management Guessing Games 

Even with the most comprehensive vulnerability scan report, knowing what to fix, how to fix it, and the potential impact on risk reduction can often feel like a giant guessing game. Vulnerability scanners produce untenable amounts of data, requiring expert analysis, deep understanding of a constantly shifting threat landscape, and intricate knowledge of operational systems. And then there are conflicting patch recommendations based on tech articles and vendor websites.  

Critical Start VMS puts the power of data in your hands, so you can understand which assets are critical for vulnerability management, and exactly what patches you should use to reduce risk. With VMS, you don’t just get a list of vulnerabilities in your system – you receive a list of patches that you should apply to maximize risk reduction potential. With easy integration into your ticketing tools, you can automate communication between security, IT operations, and application owners so that patch management becomes a seamless and tracked process that demonstrates your efforts toward risk reduction. 

Grounded in Full Asset Visibility 

You can’t protect what you don’t see. That’s why all Critical Start’s services and products, including VMS, are grounded the foundational platform service Asset Visibility. This unique solution underpins risk reduction by unifying asset inventories from your connected tools so you can keep track of your security coverage. Asset Visibility provides continuous scrutiny of your existing security coverage gaps, with scalable and repeatable, in-depth analysis of your biggest risks. You’ll see which assets lack vulnerability scanning and endpoint coverage, prioritized by asset criticality, so you can close those gaps before they become points of exploitation.  And you’ll gain clarity around asset criticality, so you’ll know which assets pose the biggest risk if they are breached. 

A Vulnerability Management Service Made for Cyber Risk Reduction 

Cybersecurity isn’t static – it evolves as new threats emerge daily. Critical Start VMS is designed not just to adapt, but to grow with these evolving challenges. We ground our products and services in a foundation of helping organizations achieve the greatest cyber risk reduction per dollar spent. This ensures that as your organization grows, so does its resilience against cyber threats. With stack-ranked risk reduction recommendations, free Quick Start Risk Assessments, and a simplified Cyber Risk Dashboard, Critical Start gives you a way to clearly measure and articulate risk reduction efforts including, and beyond, vulnerability management. 

Get Started with the Critical Start Vulnerability Management Service 

Growing into a fully mature risk-based vulnerability management program takes significant time, resources, and expertise. Contact us to see how the Critical Start Vulnerability Management Service can fill gaps in your organization by providing expert analysis, monitoring, guidance, and recommendations rooted in risk-aware threat intelligence and industry best practices. 

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