Continuous Vulnerability Scanning

Continuous vulnerability scanning is a new approach to detecting weaknesses on regular basis. It helps to find threats caused by changes in systems or newly published vulnerabilities almost instantly.

As S4E we designed an engine that can your internet-faced asset (web application or a network) for information and vulnerabilities continuously.

Before starting let us make some definitions so that we can be on the same page.

So, what is a vulnerability? A Vulnerability is a weakness in the security posture of an asset that can be used by an attacker to perform some other malicious action.

A vulnerability can occur due to many reasons such as design flaws, coding errors, configuration issues, missing patches, etc.

Do I Need Continuous Security Scanning?

Let's assume you have a software team that develops hundreds of percent secure applications, which is simply a fantasy in the real world. Still, you need to use lots of technologies created by other developers to make your application accessible over the internet: operation systems, web servers, databases, infrastructure-as-a-services, third-party software, and many more.

About 70 new vulnerabilities are discovered every day in 2022. (see full list)

So, are you going over each recently discovered vulnerability every day to see whether it affects your systems?

It is also a reality that no organization can develop software with no security flaws for each deployment.

Did you get the idea?

The goal of continuous vulnerability scanning is to identify potential security threats before they can be exploited. By regularly scanning for vulnerabilities, you can stay ahead of the curve and mitigate risks before they cause serious damage.

What are the Benefits of S4E Continuous Security Scanning?

Instead of spending hours each day to secure your asset, use an AI-powered automated security scanning engine with a few clicks. It's like having your personal AI-powered cyber security robot that works for you to make your asset safer.

S4E Continuous Security Scanning offers several benefits, including:

Increased accuracy: S4E's continuous scanning covers a wider range of assets and looks for more types of vulnerabilities than traditional one-time scans. This increases the accuracy of our findings and allows us to catch more potential threats.

Historical review of weaknesses: Continuously scanning allows you to review any threats report historically. By this, you can check when weaknesses are found and when it's fixed. This also allows you to narrow incident response efforts.

Faster response times: S4E can quickly scan your assets and find newly published vulnerabilities within minutes. This way, you can patch holes before attackers have a chance to exploit them.

Improved efficiency: Automated security scanning with S4E frees up your time so that you can focus on other tasks. S4E will continuously scan your assets and alert you of any potential threats.

Continuous scanning can be used to scan for:

• Network vulnerabilities
• Web application vulnerabilities (including OWASP Web Top 10 vulnerabilities)
• Software vulnerabilities
• Configuration errors
• Missing patches
• Guessable passwords
• Information monitoring
• Threat intel collections and more.