Now available: Building a scalable vulnerability management program on AWS

Vulnerability findings in a cloud surroundings can come from a wide range of instruments and scans relying on the underlying expertise you’re utilizing. With out processes in place to deal with these findings, they’ll start to mount, typically resulting in hundreds to tens of hundreds of findings in a brief period of time. We’re excited to announce the Constructing a scalable vulnerability administration program on AWS information, which incorporates how one can construct a structured vulnerability administration program, operationalize tooling, and scale your processes to deal with a lot of findings from numerous sources.

Constructing a scalable vulnerability administration program on AWS focuses on the basics of constructing a cloud vulnerability administration program, together with conventional software program and community vulnerabilities and cloud configuration dangers. The information covers the right way to construct a profitable and scalable vulnerability administration program on AWS by way of preparation, enabling and configuring instruments, triaging findings, and reporting.

Focused outcomes

This information may help you and your group with the next:

Develop insurance policies to streamline vulnerability administration and preserve accountability.
Set up mechanisms to increase the duty of safety to your software groups.
Configure related AWS providers based on finest practices for scalable vulnerability administration.
Establish patterns for routing safety findings to assist a shared duty mannequin.
Set up mechanisms to report on and iterate in your vulnerability administration program.
Enhance safety discovering visibility and assist enhance total safety posture.

Utilizing the brand new information

We encourage you to learn your complete information earlier than taking motion or constructing an inventory of modifications to implement. After you learn the information, assess your present state in comparison with the motion objects and test off the objects that you just’ve already accomplished within the Subsequent steps desk. This may assist you assess the present state of your AWS vulnerability administration program. Then, plan short-term and long-term roadmaps based mostly in your gaps, desired state, assets, and enterprise wants. Constructing a cloud vulnerability administration program typically entails iteration, so you must prioritize key objects and usually revisit your backlog to maintain up with expertise modifications and what you are promoting necessities.

Additional info

For extra info and to get began, see the Constructing a scalable vulnerability administration program on AWS.

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Anna McAbee

Anna is a Safety Specialist Options Architect centered on menace detection and incident response at AWS. Earlier than AWS, she labored as an AWS buyer in monetary providers on each the offensive and defensive sides of safety. Outdoors of labor, Anna enjoys cheering on the Florida Gators soccer group, wine tasting, and touring the world.

Megan O’Neil

Megan is a Principal Safety Specialist Options Architect centered on Risk Detection and Incident Response. Megan and her group allow AWS clients to implement subtle, scalable, and safe options that resolve their enterprise challenges. Outdoors of labor, Megan likes to discover Colorado, together with mountain biking, snowboarding, and mountain climbing.