Advanced Cyber Defence Systems (ACDS) has unveiled its groundbreaking Attack Surface Management (ASM) solution: OBSERVATORY. Engineered with a comprehensive three-pronged approach—Discovery, Validation, and Insight—OBSERVATORY offers an unparalleled level of network security.
As the number of internet-connected devices explodes, organisations struggle to keep track and secure them before attackers strike. Shockingly, surveys show 69% of companies have been hit by cyberattacks stemming from unidentified or unmanaged internet-facing assets. To address this critical challenge, ACDS has created OBSERVATORY, a pioneering solution that equips security teams with lightening-fast, comprehensive, and contextualised threat data at internet scale.
Unlike conventional vulnerability scanning methods, OBSERVATORY employs proprietary algorithms to map an organisation’s entire vulnerability landscape. in three ways:
- Discovery: OBSERVATORY’s unique full internet scale scanning tool continuously observes billions of IP and port combinations from across the web. The tool finds the connectivity between different assets with unparalleled accuracy and pulls out the most relevant vulnerabilities and threats facing any organisation, streamlining and simplifying the process of threat prioritisation and remediation.
- Validation: When it comes to threats, mere discovery alone is not enough. Alongside its robust discovery capabilities, OBSERVATORY swiftly validates and identifies threats using a unique combination of private and open-source intelligence tools and data. This ensures organisations can uncover vulnerabilities in assets they weren’t aware of or hadn’t patched correctly.
- Insights: OBSERVATORY doesn’t stop at discovery and validation; it empowers IT leaders with actionable insights to remediate pressing vulnerabilities efficiently. ACDS provides clear recommendations presented in accessible language, accompanied by contextual information, enabling organisations to mitigate significant business risks effectively and fast.
Elliott Wilkes, CTO at Advanced Cyber Defence Systems, says: “We’re thrilled about OBSERVATORY’s potential to revolutionise attack surface management. The industry has long been stuck with traditional approaches, struggling to modernise to meet the needs of cloud and hybrid environments. We’ve started fresh, building a solution that matches the complexity and speed of today’s cybersecurity challenges with engineering built for internet-scale security problems. Our commitment is to uncover hidden vulnerabilities and adapt swiftly to evolving threats.”
