Intelligent Focus on Pentest Engagements with CSURFACE
Penetration testing (pentesting) is a crucial component of any organization’s cybersecurity strategy, providing valuable insights into vulnerabilities and potential attack vectors. However, pentesting can be resource-intensive and may not always cover the entire attack surface comprehensively. CSURFACE’s External Attack Surface Management (EASM) platform can enhance pentest engagements by providing a more intelligent and focused approach, ensuring that critical assets and vulnerabilities are prioritized and addressed.
Challenges in Traditional Pentesting
How CSURFACE Enhances Pentest Engagements
CSURFACE’s EASM platform provides a comprehensive, real-time view of your attack surface, enabling a more intelligent and focused approach to pentesting. Here’s how CSURFACE can enhance pentest engagements:
Comprehensive Asset Discovery
CSURFACE automatically discovers all internet-facing assets, including websites, applications, servers, cloud services, and shadow IT devices. This ensures that pentesters have a complete inventory of all assets that need to be tested.
The platform continuously monitors the attack surface for changes, identifying new assets and vulnerabilities as they arise. This real-time visibility helps keep pentesters informed about the latest risks, allowing for more timely and relevant testing.
Continuous Monitoring
Risk Prioritization
CSURFACE assesses each asset for vulnerabilities and prioritizes them based on exploitability, potential impact, and asset criticality. This enables pentesters to focus their efforts on the most critical and high-risk areas, maximizing the effectiveness of the engagement.
The platform provides detailed vulnerability information, including CVSS scores, CWE group contextualization, known exploitable vulnerability lists (CISA.gov KEV list), and exploit-release eminency scores. These insights help pentesters understand the context and potential impact of each vulnerability, allowing for more targeted testing.
Contextualized Insights
Progressive Pentest Sprints
CSURFACE can help plan progressive sprints of pentests, focusing on the most fragile assets or those that matter most to the organization. This approach ensures that high-priority vulnerabilities are addressed promptly and effectively.
CSURFACE can integrate with popular pentest tools, providing seamless data transfer and enhancing the overall efficiency of the pentesting process. This integration ensures that pentesters have access to the latest asset and vulnerability data from CSURFACE.
Integration with Pentest Tools
Actionable Reports
The platform generates detailed reports that include technical details, remediation recommendations, and prioritized action items. These reports provide pentesters with clear guidance on addressing vulnerabilities and improving the organization’s security posture.
Benefits of Using CSURFACE for Pentest Engagements
Complete Coverage
Ensure that all internet-facing assets, including shadow IT and unmanaged devices, are identified and tested, reducing the risk of missed vulnerabilities.
By prioritizing high-risk assets and vulnerabilities, CSURFACE helps pentesters focus their efforts where they are needed most, optimizing the use of time and resources.
Efficient Use of Resources
Timely Assessments
Continuous monitoring and real-time visibility enable more frequent and timely pentesting, ensuring that new vulnerabilities are promptly addressed.
Detailed contextual information and risk prioritization improve the accuracy and effectiveness of pentesting, leading to more robust security outcomes.
Enhanced Accuracy
Informed Decision-Making
Actionable insights and comprehensive reports provide pentesters and security teams with the information needed to make informed decisions and implement effective remediation strategies.
By integrating CSURFACE into your pentest strategy, you can achieve a more intelligent and focused approach to identifying and addressing vulnerabilities. CSURFACE’s comprehensive visibility, continuous monitoring, and prioritized insights ensure that your pentest engagements are more effective, efficient, and aligned with your organization’s security goals.
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