A business imperative for revenue protection
Addressing IT vulnerabilities has become a business imperative. IT environments that used to be limited in scope, are now dispersed, continuously evolving, and inextricably linked to the core business. For security teams this means the attack surface we need to defend is larger and more dynamic than ever before, with an exponential increase in the apps, devices, users, and resources that make up the IT environment.
Maximizing mitigation efforts
The reality of IT environments is that there are many more vulnerabilities than InfoSec teams can resolve. When assessing and mitigating just a single vulnerability can be time consuming, it becomes key to focus time and effort on only the vulnerabilities that matter. While over half of vulnerabilities are categorized as “critical” or “high” severity, more than 75% are never exploited[1]. With the average organization closing only 10% of open vulnerabilities each month[2], it becomes apparent why it’s crucial to deploy scarce resources on mitigating only those vulnerabilities that pose a risk to the business.
ION for Vulnerability Mitigation delivers risk-based vulnerability mitigation.
Ontinue ION for Vulnerability Mitigation is an add-on service to Ontinue ION that enables you to effectively reduce risk by surfacing the small percentage of IT vulnerabilities that represent most of your business risk. Using the continuous scanning of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, the ION for Vulnerability Mitigation augments scan data with the latest threat intelligence and a deep understanding of your environment to deliver a prioritized, actionable subset of IT vulnerabilities to focus on.
With the combined power of ION for Vulnerability Mitigation and Ontinue ION, you benefit from a robust set of prevention practices that reduce your business risk by continuously strengthening your security posture. With no additional license or deployment requirements, you also maximize the ROI of your Microsoft Security investments.
A new operating model for SecOps
ION for Vulnerability Mitigation layers a set of highly effective prevention practices onto your core MXDR service. This enables you to continuously reduce risk and quickly mitigate new, high-risk vulnerabilities, all while leveraging your Microsoft Security investments.
Key capabilities of the Ontinue ION for Vulnerability Mitigation service include:
Risk-based prioritization of vulnerabilities
Combines the vulnerability assessment data of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint with a deep knowledge of your environment and the latest threat intelligence to prioritize vulnerabilities based on the risk to your business.
Remediation advisory
Direct advisory to your IT staff on how to patch or put in place compensating controls.
Proactive notification of new high-risk vulnerabilities
Continuous monitoring of newly disclosed vulnerabilities, with notification if any of them pose a high risk to your environment.
Continuous asset discovery
MDE is continually scanning your environment and new devices are highlighted in your monthly reporting.
