Vulnerability Assessment and Management

Vulnerability Assessment is a critical component of any security infrastructure because it enables proactive detection and remediation of security vulnerabilities. Security professionals that use vulnerability assessment tools are able to correct weaknesses before they are exploited and no longer rely solely on defensive security measures to protect themselves. According to the Yankee Group, frequent and thorough vulnerability assessment is a best practice every company should follow.

Security audits are effective when preformed by an outside firm which has no bias in skewing the information one way or another. Experts worldwide agree Vulnerability Assessment is a first line of defense by identifying and correcting weaknesses before they are exploited. Netfast vulnerability assessment examines three critical components: software security, network security, and host (system) security.

Netfast Communications and its partners have the unique ability to collect and analyze vulnerability data from thousands of real world networks, providing its customers information unavailable anywhere else. Our vulnerability testing solutions inform IT managers why the vulnerability is a concern and how each specific vulnerability is ranked so that remediation can be performed in a consistent prioritized manner, instead of chaotically.

“From July 2003 through June 2005, the average number of published computer vulnerabilities was 2,513 per year, or seven per day. * Even a small organization with a single server can expect to spend time reviewing a handful of critical patches each month. This stream of vulnerabilities has resulted in systems constantly being threatened by new attacks.”
(Source: National Vulnerability Database, http://nvd.nist.gov/)