We are excited to announce the launch of Barracuda Managed Vulnerability Security. This is a fully managed vulnerability scanning service that extends the BarracudaONE platform and is backed by Barracuda’s global, award-winning security operations center (SOC).
Barracuda Managed Vulnerability Security scans for vulnerabilities across endpoints, servers, firewalls, and other IP-addressable devices and systems. These scans are used to create detailed yet easy-to-use reports that identify and prioritize mitigation. This service is a ‘set it and forget it’ deployment that resides and operates on the customer’s network, with no negative impact on network performance.
Barracuda Managed Vulnerability Security deployment scenario
Proactive protection with Barracuda Managed Vulnerability Security
No company wants to fall victim to a cyberattack, and many do not recover after a ransomware attack or data breach. Barracuda Managed Vulnerability Security improves your security posture by seeking out weak spots in your network, communicating the risk and offering detailed mitigation guidance. Recurring, expert-led risk assessments are critical to identifying the hidden attack vectors that may reside in your network. For example:
- Unpatched Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) remain a top enabler of cyberattacks and data breaches. These CVEs are the core weakness exploited in about one-third to two-thirds of incidents.
- Legacy software is a factor in about 15% to 20% of all incidents.
- Misconfigurations drive about 35% of incident paths.
- Weak encryption protocols factor into thousands of incidents each year.
Many of these factors overlap and will be underreported as contributing factors. For example, weak encryption protocols are often found on legacy or unpatched systems. Barracuda Managed Vulnerability Security will find these conditions and report them to you, along with the guidance you need to prioritize mitigation. These are conditions that your other security software might not identify.
Actionable reporting for IT and company stakeholders
Finding the gaps in your network is only part of the battle. You need to know which of these gaps is most dangerous and how to eliminate that risk. This is where the Barracuda SOC reporting comes into play.
Customers receive four detailed reports after each scan:
- The Audit Report contains the full results of the scan, including an executive summary and easy-to-digest visualizations. This report also details each vulnerability found by the scan and the necessary remediation steps.
Barracuda Managed Vulnerability Security Audit Report
- The Top 25 Remediations by Risk Report is a document that outlines the top 25 remediations by risk score. This report identifies which remediations will have the largest impact on securing the company’s network.
Top 25 Remediations by Risk Report
- The Remediation Plan Report is a detailed mitigation guide for the IT staff tasked with remediation. The report is organized by risk level and offers a simple-to-follow strategy on how to prioritize remediation efforts.
Remediation Plan Report
- The Risk Scorecard Report is a high-level overview of the company’s risk, expressed as a letter grade alongside other visualizations and metrics.
Risk Scorecard Report
The reports create a documentation trail that supports compliance audits and cyber insurance requirements. They also allow IT leaders to demonstrate ongoing improvements in the security posture of the company.
Compound the benefits with Barracuda Managed XDR
The benefits of regularly scheduled vulnerability scanning reach far beyond IT operations, especially when integrated with Barracuda Managed XDR. While Barracuda Managed Vulnerability Security works to identify vulnerabilities and prevent threats, Barracuda Managed XDR excels at detecting and responding to active threats and anomalous behavior in real time. By leveraging both solutions, customers create a powerful defense-in-depth strategy. And because both solutions extend the BarracudaONE platform, the shared threat intelligence makes the entire system smarter and stronger.
With Barracuda Managed XDR and Barracuda Managed Vulnerability Security, customers are fully supported by our award-winning SOC. This instantly augments your internal IT resources with 24x7x365 access to a team of tenured security experts. These solutions scale easily with your business needs, so you can stay protected without hiring additional IT staff.
By bundling XDR and vulnerability scanning into a single service, companies can also reduce the complexity of managing multiple vendors and solutions. Licensing fees, deployment and training costs, response times, and overall total cost of ownership can be reduced through strategic vendor consolidation. Barracuda Managed XDR and Barracuda Managed Vulnerability Security are a great value for companies with limited resources.
Try it now
Barracuda Managed Vulnerability Security leverages best-in-class Rapid7 InsightVM with added analysis and remediation guidance from experts in the Barracuda SOC. This solution gives you continual enterprise-grade vulnerability scanning, proactive threat detection, and simplified compliance — all without draining your internal resources. Try it now and build a stronger, safer network today.
This article was originally published at Barracuda Blog.
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