When it comes to vulnerability management, time is critical - the longer a vulnerability goes unaddressed, the greater the risk. Security teams need efficient, reliable processes that don’t drain resources. For most teams, relying on human effort alone isn’t sustainable or scalable.
This is why so many teams turn to workflow orchestration and automation. Beyond accelerating identification, analysis, and remediation, orchestration and automation with a vendor-agnostic platform can improve decision-making by connecting tools and providing analysts with better insights, faster.
Here, we'll look at three of these benefits in greater detail.
1. Faster response times
Automation enables rapid identification and remediation of vulnerabilities by automatically triggering alerts, notifications, and responses based on predefined criteria. This helps the team address vulnerabilities promptly, reducing the window of opportunity for potential exploitation.
Automation also helps vulnerability management teams prioritize remediation. By analyzing and correlating data from various sources, teams can generate insights based on factors such as severity, exploitability, and potential impact. These allow them to focus efforts on addressing the most critical vulnerabilities first.
2. Greater consistency and accuracy
Automated processes ensure consistency in vulnerability detection and response across systems and environments. By eliminating manual intervention, the likelihood of human errors and oversights is significantly reduced, leading to more accurate vulnerability assessments and remediation efforts.
They can help teams with compliance management by automatically generating reports, documenting remediation efforts, and ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements and industry standards.
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3. Scalability
As organizations grow and IT infrastructures become more complex, scalability becomes crucial. Orchestration and automation allows vulnerability management teams to scale their operations efficiently without proportional increases in resources. Platforms with robust automation and orchestration capabilities can handle large volumes of data and tasks, enabling the team to manage vulnerabilities across diverse systems and networks effectively.
This includes plugging into the sprawl of other security tools and platforms such as SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) systems, threat intelligence feeds, and ticketing systems. This integration enables seamless information sharing, correlation of security events, and coordinated response efforts across the organization's security ecosystem.