Partner POV | Armis Centrix™ for Actionable Threat Intelligence

This article was written and contributed by our partner, Armis. 

The Need for Redefining The Vulnerability Management Status Quo

Securing an organization from cyberattacks has traditionally been a reactive effort. This approach is fundamentally flawed because it means reacting to events only after an attack is in progress and damage is already done. Organizations are constantly playing catch-up, resulting in compromised data, damaged reputations, and significant financial losses. This reactive stance forces organizations into an endless game of catch-up with cybercriminals who continually evolve their tactics to exploit new vulnerabilities.

The volume, veracity and variety of vulnerabilities that a threat actor can choose in targeting an organization is endless. As the fire hose of new vulnerabilities reach 500 – 1,000 a week, and the threat actor being able to use any of the previous (265,000) makes the task of securing an organization an impossible mission. It just takes one vulnerability for a threat actor to compromise an organization.

Concurrently, organizations maintain an ever increasing pool of assets, where they are simply unable to consistently patch them all. According to Ponemon, "60% of compromises are from known vulnerabilities." This problem is top 3 for CISOs today (according to the YL Ventures CISO Survey).

A Fortune 100 CISO recently stated, "There are millions of vulnerabilities in our organization, but only a small percentage matter." Organizations need a better way to handle this real problem.

Proactive Vulnerability Intelligence - Focus On What Really Matters

Why You Need Early Warning Detection

Detect risks before they arrive with early warning. Prioritize your operations with real world exploitability data.

• Reduces 98% of the vulnerabilities an organization needs to worry about
• Reports 620 occurrences where Actionable Threat Intelligence is "left of boom" before CISA KEV
• Contains over 1,400 vulnerabilities that CISA KEV doesn't know about

Just Imagine...

• What if you could buy more time to act in order to handle an attack like log4J?
• What if you could be protected "left of boom"?
• What if you could get early warnings to any potential threats before they impact your environment?

You can. Introducing, Armis Centrix™ for Actionable Threat Intelligence

Armis Centrix™ for Actionable Threat Intelligence is the proactive cybersecurity solution designed to empower organizations with early warning intelligence to anticipate and mitigate cyber threats effectively.

With Armis Centrix™ for Threat Intelligence you'll get:

• Attacker Focused Insights which fills a gap that exists today in intelligence feeds. With contextual risk determination and possible countermeasure actions, focus on the vulnerabilities that are being exploited and threats that actors in the process of weaponizing and get protected before they hit the wild.
• CVE Insights Breakdown has identified hundreds CVEs prior to being published in CISA KEV
• Proactive Response that gives you time to harden your environment before an attack is ever launched and before any damage has ever occurred.
• Threat Hunting Redefined AI capabilities that proactively identify CVE gaps and vulnerabilities that are still in the formulation stage.
• Provide intelligence to help organizations protect against weaponized threats and preempt threat actors and stop them before they impact your organization.
• Address the vulnerabilities that are actually being exploited by threat actors.

How it Works

The proactive defense mechanisms employed by Armis Centrix™ for Actionable Threat Intelligence are multifaceted, drawing insights from various sources including:

• Human Intelligence Integration: Targeting the humans behind the keyboard, we take advantage of operational security flaws to place AI intelligence collectors, to listen to the context of a conversation. These collectors trained in over 200 different languages specifically about exploitation of vulnerabilities.
• Smart Honeypots Deployment: Armis Centrix™ dynamically deploys purpose-configured honeypots into potential "hotspots," allowing for the observation of malicious behaviors and techniques.
• Dark Web Intelligence: Leveraging proprietary AI, Armis Centrix™ gains valuable intelligence into nascent threats still in the formulation stage; thus enabling preemptive threat mitigation actions.

By tracking potential incidents in real time and preemptively mitigating risks, Armis empowers organizations and government agencies to stay ahead of the curve in an ever-evolving threat landscape.

Armis is advancing the industry from attack surface management to attack surface protection.