Authored by: PlexTrac Team Posted on: July 8, 2024 Quantify the Impact of Proactive Security on Risk Maximize the value of proactive security data with PlexTrac Priorities Have you been taking advantage of PlexTrac Priorities — the industry’s first configurable contextual scoring engine? With PlexTrac Priorities, you can go beyond pentest reporting and management and maximize the value of your or your clients’ pentesting and offensive assessments by adding a layer of vulnerability management and risk-based prioritization to your aggregated offensive security data. And, as of today, you can also take advantage of our newly added metrics feature. With PlexTrac Priorities + metrics, you can: Evaluate findings in the context of risk frameworks Implement a dynamic cyber risk catalog Add and expand risk-based service offerings Report risk status and progress with easy-to-understand visuals Charles Snyder, director of cybersecurity at CAI, said, “PlexTrac Priorities gives us the ability to evaluate offensive security findings in the context of risk frameworks our clients care about and measure risk mitigation progress relative to business impact as defined by the same frameworks. As a result, PlexTrac is foundational to our ongoing security and risk management and vCISO offerings.” Watch a Priorities walkthrough video with our newest metrics feature showing how you can leverage PlexTrac to group and prioritize findings, manage your cyber risk from all engagements in one space, and easily report to stakeholders with simple visuals they can view directly with read-only access. PlexTrac Priorities: Metrics Evaluate findings in the context of risk frameworks Evaluate offensive security findings from your pentests, assessments, and vulnerability scans in one place, applying the context of risk frameworks. Understand the progress of your risk remediation efforts with your business context, priorities, and potential impact in mind. You can use existing frameworks, such as NIST and CMMC, or create your own custom maturity ratings. Implement a dynamic cyber risk catalog Dynamically manage and track cyber risk from all your pentest, vulnerability scans, and offensive assessment data. Manage and update these risks from within PlexTrac Priorities — working in sync with your other cybersecurity activities and effectively acting as your cyber risk catalog. With PlexTrac you can forget outdated, manual spreadsheet workflows. Add and expand risk-based service offerings Help your clients get the most out of their offensive testing and grow your practice’s revenue by adding and bundling risk-based service offerings. When clients can easily access all their historical data in one platform, you’ll differentiate your offensive service offerings. Encourage clients to use your practice for additional services by adding a unique layer of vulnerability management and risk-based prioritization to your clients’ aggregated offensive security data. Learn how you can leverage PlexTrac to deliver risk-based service offerings such as a vCISO program, cyber risk catalog, contextual scoring consultation, and more. Report risk status and progress with easy-to-understand visuals Provide stakeholders direct, read-only access rather than spending time compiling status reports. Leverage a metrics-driven approach for board reporting or client communications with simple visuals you can drill into to easily communicate risk status and show measurable progress over time – even for non-technical stakeholders. Implementing a contextual risk-based prioritization approach in your remediation efforts ensures resources are spent remediating the issues posing the largest impact on your business. Join our live webinar to find out more Join PlexTrac experts and Charles Snyder from CAI on July 10 at 11 AM ET to hear more about the transformative benefits of risk prioritization. Charles will walk you through the use cases for PlexTrac Priorities at CAI, steps his team is already taking, and the results they’ve seen over the past few months. Register Here! PlexTrac Team Editoral Group At PlexTrac, we bring together insights from a diverse range of voices. Our blog features contributions from industry experts, ethical hackers, CTOs, influencers, and PlexTrac team members—all sharing valuable perspectives on cybersecurity, pentesting, and risk management.
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