May 17, 2024 at 08:33AM
A new report by XM Cyber has revealed a significant disparity between organizations’ security efforts and actual threats, uncovering 40 million exposures affecting business-critical assets. It emphasizes the need to prioritize high-impact exposures over traditional focus on CVE-based vulnerabilities. The report also underscores the importance of industry-specific security approaches and continuous exposure management.
Based on the meeting notes, here are the key takeaways:
1. The focus of security efforts in organizations does not align with the most serious threats.
2. Traditional focus on patching vulnerabilities (CVEs) does not address the most prevalent threats, particularly identity and credential misconfigurations.
3. Security programs should prioritize mitigating high-impact exposure risks to critical assets, and efforts should extend beyond patching CVEs.
4. Traditional security focuses on fixing every vulnerability, but a large percentage of exposures are dead ends for attackers, allowing for more focused remediation efforts.
5. Security teams should identify and categorize exposures, with a focus on critical assets, such as Active Directory misconfigurations.
6. Different industries require different security approaches based on their unique attack surfaces and threats.
7. Exposure management is a continuous process that requires a shift from a check-the-box mentality to focusing on real-world attack vectors.
These takeaways provide valuable insights for organizations to enhance their exposure management and cybersecurity strategies.