Vulnerability Management
Establish or optimize vulnerability management programs aligned with NIST 800-40 Rev 2. Continuous asset discovery, risk-based prioritization, remediation tracking, and validation to reduce your attack surface.
Key Capabilities
- Asset discovery and attack surface mapping
- Vulnerability scanning (infrastructure, web, cloud)
- Penetration testing (network, application, API)
- Risk-based prioritization using CVSS and business context
- Remediation tracking with SLAs and escalation
- Patch management program design
- Continuous monitoring and validation
- Red team / purple team exercises
- Secure code review
- Compliance scanning (PCI, HIPAA, SOC 2)
Overview
Every organization has vulnerabilities—the question is whether you find them first, or your adversaries do. A mature vulnerability management program is essential for maintaining a strong security posture and meeting compliance requirements. Our vulnerability management services follow the NIST 800-40 Rev 2 lifecycle: Prepare, Identify, Analyze/Prioritize, Remediate, and Report/Monitor. This structured approach ensures comprehensive coverage and measurable risk reduction, not just scanning for the sake of compliance. We combine automated scanning with manual penetration testing to provide comprehensive coverage. Our team includes certified ethical hackers (OSCP, GPEN, CEH) who think like attackers, plus remediation specialists who work alongside your teams to implement fixes efficiently. We integrate with CIS Controls, NIST CSF, and your compliance frameworks to ensure vulnerability management supports your broader security objectives.
What We Deliver
Tangible outcomes and deliverables from our engagement.
Asset Inventory
Comprehensive inventory of systems, applications, and services within assessment scope.
Vulnerability Scan Reports
Comprehensive scan results with risk ratings, CVSS scores, and remediation guidance.
Penetration Test Report
Detailed findings with proof-of-concept exploits, impact analysis, and prioritized recommendations.
Executive Summary
Board-ready overview of security posture, critical findings, and recommended actions.
Remediation Tracker
Prioritized remediation plan with SLAs, ownership assignment, and progress tracking.
Vulnerability Management Playbook
Documented processes for scanning, triage, remediation, validation, and exception handling per NIST 800-40.
Metrics Dashboard
KPIs including MTTR, vulnerability aging, risk trends, and program effectiveness.
Our Process
A proven methodology that delivers results.
Prepare & Discover Assets
Establish program governance, define scope, discover and inventory all assets including shadow IT. Map your complete attack surface per NIST 800-40 guidance.
Identify Vulnerabilities
Execute automated vulnerability scans and manual penetration testing across infrastructure, applications, APIs, and cloud environments.
Analyze & Prioritize
Assess vulnerability risk using CVSS scores, exploitability, business criticality, and threat intelligence. Focus resources on what matters most.
Remediate & Mitigate
Coordinate with teams to patch, configure, or implement compensating controls. Track progress against SLAs with clear ownership and escalation paths.
Validate & Verify
Retest remediated vulnerabilities to confirm fixes are effective. Validate that mitigations adequately reduce risk.
Report & Continuously Monitor
Generate executive and technical reports. Implement continuous monitoring to detect new vulnerabilities and measure program improvement over time.
Ideal For
- Organizations with compliance scanning requirements (PCI-DSS Req. 11, HIPAA)
- Companies launching new applications or APIs
- Businesses preparing for customer security assessments
- Organizations that need to validate security controls
- Teams building or maturing vulnerability programs
- Any organization that hasn't tested in 12+ months
What to expect
Three engagement shapes most clients pick from. We scope and fixed-bid before signature — no open-ended T&M.
Point-in-Time Assessment
2–4 week engagementOrganizations needing a baseline vulnerability assessment — pre-launch security review, audit response, post-merger inheritance audit, or an annual testing cycle. Common trigger: cyber-insurance renewal asking for vulnerability scan results.
Authenticated and unauthenticated vulnerability scanning across your external attack surface and internal network, plus prioritized remediation roadmap. Penetration testing engagement (deeper exploitation analysis) referred to vetted partner.
Included
- External attack-surface scanning
- Authenticated internal vulnerability scanning
- Cloud configuration scanning (AWS, Azure, M365)
- CVSS-prioritized findings with remediation guidance
- Re-scan after remediation (1 cycle included)
Not included (scoped separately)
- Manual penetration testing (refer-out, marked up 15–25%)
- Application-layer code review (separate engagement)
Quarterly Testing Program
Quarterly cadence · 12-month engagementOrganizations with active compliance obligations (PCI-DSS Req. 11, HIPAA, SOC 2) that mandate regular testing, plus the operational maturity to absorb quarterly remediation cycles.
Quarterly authenticated/unauthenticated scans, trend analysis vs. prior quarters, and remediation tracking. Penetration testing referred to vetted partner with scoped engagement per quarter or annually.
Included
- Quarterly external + internal vulnerability scans
- Trend analysis and program metrics
- Remediation tracking with named owners
- Annual penetration test (refer-out, partner-delivered)
- Quarterly executive report
Continuous Vulnerability Management
Monthly retainer · 12-month engagementMid-size organizations and healthcare-tech firms with material technology stacks needing continuous scanning, real-time triage, and remediation coordination across multiple teams.
Fully managed program: continuous scanning, real-time triage, remediation coordination across owners, monthly program metrics, and integration with your ticketing system.
Included
- Continuous external + internal scanning
- Real-time triage and false-positive review
- Remediation coordination across teams (engineering, MSP, vendor)
- Monthly program metrics dashboard
- Ticketing integration (Jira, ServiceNow, Linear)
Not included (scoped separately)
- 24×7 SOC monitoring (refer-out to MDR partner)
Each engagement is fixed-bid against a written scope. We publish methodology, not pricing — every quote is custom to your environment, regulated obligations, and timeline.
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