Machine Learning (ML) powered vulnerability scoring for better prioritization

Most organizations face challenges with prioritizing risk from a new vulnerability or threat. At times, late breaking threats do not provide a severity assessment. The standard way to identify the key characteristics of a threat is using CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System). CVSS provides a Vector (based on key dimensions / attributes of the threat […]

Unpatched software – the single biggest security risk.

  Lately I have been going through recorded sessions from RSA Conference 2019. Thanks RSA for making these recordings available. This particular session “In the wake of an attack – Thoughts from a seasoned CISO” caught my attention and I listened to its playback. It is around 45 minutes for those of you who are […]

CI/CD – vulnerability detection and integration. Are you overlooking the risks ?

Recently the industry has seen a trend where organizations are moving rapidly to integrate vulnerability detection tools as part of their CI / CD environments. That’s a step in the right direction only if the risks that emanate out of those integrations are carefully considered and mitigated. Unfortunately we don’t see much evidence of due […]