The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently released its "Fiscal Year 2023 Risk and Vulnerability Assessments" report, shedding light on the persistent cyber threats facing critical infrastructure organizations. The report's findings highlight the alarming reality that many organizations, regardless of sector, remain susceptible to common attack techniques, often resulting in significant breaches.

Key Takeaways from the CISA Report:

• Valid Accounts: The report emphasizes the exploitation of valid accounts as the most prevalent technique across various attack stages, underscoring the critical need for robust identity and access management practices.

• Common Vulnerabilities: The report reveals that attackers frequently exploit common vulnerabilities stemming from misconfigurations and inadequate security-by-design principles, emphasizing the importance of proactive vulnerability management and secure configuration practices.

• Attack Path Analysis: The report details a sample attack path, demonstrating how threat actors can leverage common vulnerabilities to compromise an organization's network. This highlights the necessity of understanding and mitigating potential attack vectors.

How ThreatNG Can Help

ThreatNG's all-in-one external attack surface management, digital risk protection, and security ratings solution is purpose-built to address the challenges highlighted in the CISA report. Our platform empowers organizations to proactively identify, assess, and mitigate vulnerabilities before they can be exploited.

• External Discovery and Assessment: ThreatNG's advanced discovery capabilities enable organizations to comprehensively understand their external attack surface, including unknown or forgotten assets. Our continuous monitoring and assessment features help identify and prioritize vulnerabilities like phishing, web application hijacking, and subdomain takeover susceptibility.

• Continuous Monitoring and Intelligence: ThreatNG's constant monitoring and vast intelligence repositories, including dark web monitoring and compromised credential checks, provide insights into emerging threats and potential attacks, enabling organizations to address vulnerabilities and respond swiftly to incidents proactively.

• Comprehensive Risk Management: ThreatNG's holistic approach to risk management, encompassing cyber risk exposure, ESG exposure, and supply chain and third-party exposure, allows organizations to gain a complete picture of their risk profile. This enables them to prioritize remediation efforts and make informed decisions about their security posture.

ThreatNG's capabilities directly address the key findings of the CISA report:

• Mitigate Valid Account Exploitation: ThreatNG's continuous monitoring, compromised credential checks, and phishing susceptibility assessments help organizations identify and address potential weaknesses in identity and access management, reducing the risk of valid account exploitation.

• Proactive Vulnerability Management: ThreatNG's external discovery and assessment capabilities, continuous monitoring, and known vulnerability tracking enable organizations to identify and remediate vulnerabilities before they can be exploited proactively.

• Strengthen External Attack Surface Defenses: ThreatNG's comprehensive external attack surface management solution helps organizations gain visibility into their entire attack surface, identify potential attack vectors, and implement effective mitigation strategies.

Conclusion

The CISA's FY23 RVA report starkly reminds organizations of today's persistent cyber threats. ThreatNG's comprehensive platform provides the tools and intelligence to proactively address these threats and strengthen your organization's security posture. By leveraging ThreatNG's capabilities, you can better understand your external attack surface, identify and prioritize vulnerabilities, and implement effective mitigation strategies to protect your critical assets.

Don't wait for an attack to happen. Take proactive steps to secure your organization with ThreatNG.

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