For example, an IBM study found that 33 percent of companies do not test mobile applications for security vulnerabilities. 1 As new solutions are brought online, security is often an afterthought. Malicious attacks against corporate assets are on the rise, with 64 percent more security incidents reported in 2015 than in 2014. IBM X-Force Red shares security intelligence with IBM X-Force Research, IBM X-Force Exchange threat sharing platform, and IBM Security AppScan, while providing an additional layer of security testing through human creativity, insights, and experience. Collectively, they have conducted security tests for the world’s largest brands and governments including penetration testing, ethical hacking, social engineering, and physical security testing. The security testing professionals of IBM X-Force Red bring expertise from across multiple industries like healthcare, financial services, retail, manufacturing and the public sector. IBM X-Force Red is a global team with a network of hundreds of security professionals based in dozens of locations around the world, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Japan. Scaling to thousands of scans, WAS conducts incisive, thorough, and precise testing of browser-based web apps, mobile app backends, and Internet of Things (IoT) services.The new team will be led by IBM’s Charles Henderson, a world-renowned penetration testing expert. It will also allow X-Force Red to detect vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in web apps and APIs. Qualys WAS will allow X-Force Red to continuously discover and catalog web applications - including new and unknown ones, the companies state.
IBM X FORCE PATCH
Leveraging the Qualys PM solution, X-Force Red will be able to quickly target critical Common Vulnerability and Exposure IDs (CVEs) without researching knowledge base articles, then deploy the patch to endpoints, on-premises or cloud assets and verify remediation, all in less time. These agents allow IT and SecOps teams to centralise their patching and remediation of Windows, macOS and Linux operating systems, and hundreds of applications. Qualys automates patch deployments using Qualys Cloud Agents. By bringing our solutions together, we can offer organisations fast, effective and manageable remediation no matter how limited their resources and time,” says Henderson. X-Force Red has created an algorithm that automatically prioritises vulnerabilities within minutes. "Qualys has released a patch management platform that automates patching with a click of a button. As each is fixed, the next most critical vulnerability is then sent out, keeping the organisation focused on the highest risk vulnerabilities at all times. The top, most critical vulnerabilities are sent to the individuals in charge of remediation. The team then facilitates the remediation process using a concurrency model. X-Force Red Vulnerability Management Services uses a proprietary algorithm to prioritize vulnerability remediation based on asset value, weaponisation, and other contextual factors.
All of this happens while vulnerabilities are exploitable and potentially exposing critical assets.
"Based on our many conversations with security leaders, prioritizing and remediating vulnerabilities seems to be the biggest vulnerability management headache," explains X-Force Red global head Charles Henderson.Īccording to IBM and Qualys, many organisations must manually identify and decipher vulnerabilities, and then decide which ones to fix first.īut the job doesn’t stop there – teams must then assign patching responsibilities and track remediation for each one, starting with the most critical vulnerabilities. This will allow customers to simplify vulnerability remediation and fix critical vulnerabilities in less time and using less resources. Together, they will provide automated vulnerability prioritisation and patching. The two companies will leverage Qualys Cloud Platform and Qualys Patch Management solution to boost IBM’s X-Force Red Vulnerability Management Services. IBM X-Force Red and Qualys are declaring a war on unpatched systems, and they believe automation is the answer.
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