What Is VPR and How Is It Different from CVSS?
This blog series will provide an in-depth discussion of vulnerability priority rating (VPR) from a number of different perspectives. Part one will focus on the distinguishing characteristics of VPR that make it a more suitable tool for prioritizing remediation efforts than the Common Vulnerability…
CVE-2020-1938: Ghostcat - Apache Tomcat AJP File Read/Inclusion Vulnerability (CNVD-2020-10487)
Several proof-of-concept exploit scripts for recently patched flaw in Apache Tomcat are now available.BackgroundOn February 20, China National Vulnerability Database (CNVD) published a security advisory for CNVD-2020-10487, a severe vulnerability in Apache Tomcat’s Apache JServ Protocol (or AJP)…
Am I Smart or Just Lucky? Understanding Your Process Integrity Risk with Tenable Lumin
Business system risk and process integrity risk are two essential metrics for a mature risk-based vulnerability management practice. With new assessment maturity scoring, Tenable Lumin now gives you insights into both. Risk-based vulnerability management requires metrics addressing two types of…
Cash App Scams: Giveaway Offers Ensnare Instagram Users, While YouTube Videos Promise Easy Money
Cash App scammers are targeting users on Instagram and YouTube. Here’s what you need to know about their tactics — and how to avoid being conned.In part one of our two-part series on Cash App scammers, I explored how promotional tactics used by the popular person-to-person (P2P) payment…
How to Choose the Right Vulnerability Management Solution
As vulnerability management evolves, organizations are seeing increased need for prioritization, benchmarking and flexible reporting. Here are five things to keep in mind when choosing a vulnerability management solution.Vulnerability management is once again rising to the top of the security…
Tenable Lumin: Translating Vulnerability Management Into the Language of Business
With Tenable Lumin, we’re giving customers a bridge between the language of vulnerability management and the language of business. In our work here at Tenable, we often hear from our CISO customers about the dual challenges they face: How to help business executives and the board…
How To: Run Your First Vulnerability Scan with Nessus
Get your Nessus vulnerability assessment tool up and running with these five easy steps.With Nessus, you can gain full visibility into your network by conducting a vulnerability assessment. Read on as we guide you through the five steps to run your first Nessus scan. (If you have not yet installed…
Vulnerability Management Fundamentals: What You Need to Know
In part one of our five-part series on vulnerability management fundamentals, we explore the four stages of the Cyber Exposure lifecycle.
Security Teams: What You Need to Know About Vulnerability Response
Tenable’s Predictive Prioritization leverages data science and machine learning to make it easier for cybersecurity teams to find, patch and remediate vulnerabilities. Week after week, critical vulnerabilities in enterprise software are found and published, sending security teams off…
Nessus Home Is Now Nessus Essentials
We’ve given Nessus Home a refresh, and we’re excited to share with you the new and updated free vulnerability assessment solution, Nessus Essentials. As part of the Nessus family, Nessus Essentials is a free vulnerability assessment solution for up to 16 IPs that provides an entry point into…
Ditch the Spreadsheet and Step Up Your Vulnerability Management Game
Moving from Nessus Pro to Tenable.sc or Tenable.io can easily help you mature your vulnerability management program. Here's what you need to know. Does your vulnerability management workflow involve a spreadsheet at any point? If so, you’re doing it wrong. Well, maybe not wrong per se, but…
Here Are the Answers to 16 Predictive Prioritization Questions
Earlier this year, Tenable introduced Predictive Prioritization, a groundbreaking, data science-based process that re-prioritizes each vulnerability based on the likelihood it will be leveraged in an attack. Here, we answer your 16 most pressing questions about what this capability …