In the realm of vulnerability remediation, security teams grapple with two essential realities. Firstly, the vast quantity of discovered vulnerabilities makes immediate remediation an unattainable goal. Studies indicate that organizations can only tackle a modest 5% to 20% of known vulnerabilities monthly. Secondly, a minuscule proportion (2% to 7%) of reported vulnerabilities are ever exploited in real-world scenarios. These facts emphasize the critical importance of effective prioritization strategies, as organizations are neither capable nor required to resolve every vulnerability immediately.

CISOs worldwide are on a mission to prioritize supply chain security to ensure their organization's overall cybersecurity posture remains strong. Supply chain security is a critical aspect of cybersecurity for organizations that work with external vendors or suppliers. A comprehensive third-party risk management program is necessary to assess and mitigate the potential risks associated with these relationships. This includes evaluating vendor cybersecurity controls using frameworks like the MITRE System of Trust and ongoing vendor threat surface management to identify and remediate any vulnerabilities or threats.

Critical observations from Penetration testing observations or bug bounty findings exercises often work against casts a bad light on blue teams and managed service providers handling network security and security operations. Clients often read those observations as an indication of the non-effectiveness of the services and can question the ROI from these managed services.

Technology adoption is revolutionizing all industry verticals and has led to the emergence of newer domains like Health-tech, Retail-tech, Insurance-tech, and so on. Many digital solutions developed as part of this technology revolution are subscription-based software as a service (SaaS) applications. The global software as a service (SaaS) market is booming and expected to reach a staggering 400 billion by 2025. Founders and stakeholders of the SaaS solutions, while focusing on product areas like use cases, features, scalability, look and feel, etc., needed to win contracts, cyber security is often considered a low priority requirement.

Supply chain and third-party security risks are growing concerns among enterprises and require considerable attention. Enterprises should consider implementing various security measures to handle the supply chain process using a well-defined cybersecurity program. In a typical enterprise cyber supply chain, risks are related to outsourcing, vendor management, continuity, and logistics.

Internet published Web Applications and services are subject to constant change due to the addition of new workflows, features, functions, and patches that occur quite often. The external attack surface is dynamically evolving with exposures through ephemeral assets, VM sprawling, agile development practices and no real control over change management practice. Waiting for the next scheduled penetration testing to validate the external attack surface observations give ample chances for the attackers.