SaaS and cloud Computing vulnerability management vendors how to choose

As many manufacturers in the security industry slowly transform into managed security service providers, a specific application area has become the mainstream, namely, through cloud computing software, the vulnerability management of service delivery. At present, some vendors have also provided cloud-based vulnerability scanning and repair tools, these products quickly occupy market share. In this article, we'll start by exploring whether the use of cloud based vulnerability management Services is the right choice for your business, and then will provide some criteria to help you select a vendor, and finally a DIY approach for cloud computing scans.

Software as a service, cloud based vulnerability management Services for your business?

When you consider a product or service that implements software as a service (SaaS) vulnerability management, you may need to take a moment to make sure that the business you have developed and archived is suitable for moving to cloud computing. The specific reasons may vary, but the common advantages offered by many companies are the same, including:

Cost savings-cloud-based vulnerability management Services can sometimes help you achieve lower direct costs by reducing your total expenditure, replacing your portfolio scanning hardware and software costs, and annual license fees. In almost all cases, cloud computing services can reduce your indirect costs by reducing the time that your employees must spend on installing and configuring the system.

Easy to update upgrades-using the SaaS method enables automatic update upgrades. Typically, a vendor simply fixes a product in accordance with a predetermined schedule, and all customers are able to make patches of application bugs and upgrades to new features almost immediately. Similarly, the upgrade of the vulnerability feature library can be done in real time.

Additional perspectives-combining cloud-based scanners with managed devices will bring additional security information to your data processing. In addition to looking at vulnerabilities in your own network, you can view the security of your system being exposed to the Internet through a scanner hosted in the vendor's data center.

But this is a proposition that cannot be made with your cake: When you adopt a cloud based approach, you must give up some degree of control. You no longer need access to the underlying operating system, and most importantly, you may no longer be able to control application updates. In the face of such an "enhanced feature" that may negatively impact your business processes, you may not have a choice at all.

How do SaaS and cloud vulnerability management vendors choose?

When evaluating suppliers, you should first determine that the systems they provide can meet your basic business requirements at a reasonable cost. Second, pay special attention to service level agreements, especially those regarding uptime and the availability of 0 jet-lag attack features. In addition, you will need to take some time to critically assess the system's reporting and tracking capabilities.

DIY Cloud Computing Vulnerability scan

If you're not ready to fully implement cloud-based vulnerability management, you might want to consider adding a cloud-based approach to your scanning environment. Many vulnerability management system vendors provide scan nodes as virtual devices or pure software products. Assuming that you can easily create virtual machine services in an environment such as Amazon Web Services EC2 Cloud computing, you may need to deploy an additional scanner in cloud computing. The scanner will then be able to integrate with your existing management platform and provide you with scanning results from a cloud computing perspective.

Organizations that have not yet deployed any vulnerability scans may also want to find free or low-cost methods that can be fully built into the cloud environment. For example, open Source Vulnerability scanner OpenVAS can be easily set up in the cloud. If you are looking for a better service, then you can consider nessus; although it is no longer free, it provides a professional feed service with an annual license fee of USD 1500.

Vulnerability management is a good way to test water cloud security services. You can start with a less initial effort to scan the cloud for vulnerability scans and achieve significant benefits from the additional angles and management costs that these systems offer.