Outpost24 Introduces Application Security Expert Service to Eliminate False Positives
30 Abril 2024 - 9:11AM
Business Wire
Outpost24, a leading provider of cyber risk management and
threat intelligence solutions, today announced the launch of its
new Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) verification
service, DAST Expert. The new offering will provide organizations
with in-depth analysis of application security scanning results,
eliminating false positives and enabling security professionals to
prioritize remediation efforts more effectively.
Security professionals often encounter false positives from
automated scanning tools, posing widespread challenges in the
industry. The absence of quantified data and peer-reviewed analysis
hinders security teams, leading to resource wastage and
difficulties in prioritizing remediation efforts. Gartner predicts
that by 2025, half of cybersecurity leaders will have struggled to
implement cyber risk quantification, with only 36% achieving
actionable outcomes like risk reduction and cost saving.
Addressing this issue is DAST Expert, which aims to reduce the
noise generated by automated vulnerability scanning by fostering
collaboration between security and development teams to accurately
label, verify and address critical vulnerabilities.
“With the arrival of AI, evolving new threats, and an
under-resourced security workforce, organizations and their
security departments are already facing an uphill battle and a race
against time to ensure they are doing all they can to reduce risk,”
said Brendan Hogan, Chief Strategy Officer at Outpost24. “With
Outpost24’s new DAST Expert service, we provide qualitative and
actionable results enabling organizations to prioritize their
remediation efforts and drive efficiency, saving money and valuable
resources.”
By using the DAST Expert service, organizations will have direct
access to Outpost24’s application penetration test experts to
verify application security scanning data, delivering qualitative
and actionable insights as a result of in-depth analysis by an
expert team of certified penetration testers who have identified
issues in applications that are in operation.
They will then present their findings and recommendations for
remediation through a user-friendly online portal to enable
effective prioritization to help organizations focus efforts on the
risks that matter, saving resources and providing a quick return on
investment.
Other key benefits of DAST Expert:
- Tailored scan configuration: Application penetration
test experts will manage the scan configuration to perfectly align
with the customer’s specific requirements, ensuring comprehensive
coverage.
- In-depth analysis of vulnerabilities: Evaluation of the
security posture of a customer’s web application and advice on how
to remediate vulnerabilities.
- Actionable results: Save valuable time by eliminating
the need to sift through scanning results and false positives.
Experts will review the results in detail, and provide concise,
actionable information, allowing the customer to focus on their
remediation efforts.
- Zero false positives: Combined with context-aware risk
scoring of observations from application security scanning, our
penetration testers will ensure false positives are
eliminated.
- Continuous web application monitoring: Ongoing
monitoring of web applications, ensuring that any new
vulnerabilities or risks are promptly identified and
addressed.
- Comprehensive checks: Scanning encompasses the OWASP Top
10, including critical areas such as SQL injection,
misconfigurations, and broken access controls, allowing our experts
to provide a thorough evaluation of an organization's application
security posture.
- Enable developers to learn from each other: Enhance code
quality and ensure adherence to coding standards to maintain
SDLC.
The Outpost24 team of highly qualified ethical hackers harness
their certified skills, proven expertise, and deep knowledge to
deliver trusted results and recommended remediations of the highest
quality enabling organizations to trust Outpost24 DAST Expert to
strengthen web application security and protect from potential
threats.
DAST Expert is now available. To learn more and request a demo
here.
About Outpost24
Outpost24 helps organizations improve cyber resilience with a
complete range of Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM)
solutions. Outpost24’s intelligent cloud platform unifies asset
management, automates vulnerability assessment, and quantifies
cyber risk in business context. Executives and security teams
around the world trust Outpost24 to identify and prioritize the
most important security issues across their attack surface to
accelerate risk reduction. Founded in 2001, Outpost24 is
headquartered in Sweden and the US, with additional offices in the
UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, France, and Spain. Visit
https://outpost24.com/ for more information.
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