Exploring Fix Intelligence for Security Exposure Management
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Summary of Exploring Fix Intelligence for Security Exposure Management
Fix Intelligence for Security Exposure Management (SEM) enhances Unified Security Exposure Management (USEM) by consolidating remediation actions into a de-duplicated catalog. Each remediation action, or Fix record, links to the specific findings and assets it addresses and is scored by the risk reduction it provides. This approach shifts vulnerability remediation from addressing individual findings to managing fixes that resolve multiple findings across assets, improving efficiency and prioritization.
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Key Features
- De-duplicated Fix Catalog: Stores each remediation action once, regardless of how many scanners or findings report it, including details like remediation category, affected software, and aggregated risk score.
- Finding and Asset Linkage: Each fix connects to the vulnerable items it resolves, and findings reference their associated fix, facilitating clear traceability.
- Per-Fix Risk Rollup: Calculates a risk score per fix based on active findings it addresses, alongside counts of findings and distinct assets impacted, enabling impact assessment.
- Automated Integration with Armis Centrix for ViPR: USEM automatically exchanges detection data with Armis Centrix for Vulnerability Prioritization and Remediation, keeping the fix catalog updated without manual intervention.
- Visibility in USEM Workspace and Dashboards: Fixes are accessible as lists and forms within the USEM Workspace and are featured in widgets on the Findings and Remediation Views for easy prioritization.
Supported Integrations
Fix Intelligence for SEM identifies fixes for host vulnerabilities detected by scanners including:
- Qualys
- Rapid7
- Tenable.io
- Wiz
- Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management
User Roles and Benefits
- Vulnerability Analysts: Focus on fixes that resolve the highest risk and volume of findings to streamline remediation efforts.
- Vulnerability Managers: Understand coverage of fixes across assets and coordinate remediation activities with relevant teams.
- Remediation Owners: Access fix lists and related findings assigned to them for efficient resolution tracking.
Key Outcomes
- Efficient Remediation: Enables remediation by fix rather than by individual finding, reducing repetitive tasks and improving workflow.
- Risk-Based Prioritization: Helps prioritize remediation actions based on the risk reduction each fix provides.
- Continuous Currency: Automated synchronization with Armis Centrix for ViPR ensures the fix catalog remains up to date without manual updates.
Fix Intelligence for Security Exposure Management enriches USEM with a de-duplicated catalog of remediation actions, each linked to the findings and assets it resolves and scored by the risk it removes.
Vulnerability teams often work finding by finding, even when a single patch or configuration change resolves many findings across many assets. Fix Intelligence for Security Exposure Management identifies fix information for your detections and turns it into Fix records. These records group findings under the action that resolves them, so you can plan and prioritize remediation by fix.
Vulnerability detections that USEM ingests from your scanners are processed by Armis Centrix™ for Vulnerability Prioritization and Remediation (ViPR), which identifies and normalizes a fix for each detection. Because fixes are normalized and de-duplicated, a single Fix record can represent the same remediation action across many detections, assets, and scanners.
Supported integrations
In this release, Fix Intelligence for SEM identifies fixes for host vulnerabilities (host vulnerable items) ingested from the following integrations:
- Qualys
- Rapid7
- Tenable.io
- Wiz
- Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management
Features
- De-duplicated fix catalog
- Each remediation action is stored once as a Fix record, no matter how many detections or scanners report it, with its remediation category (for example, Patch Update, OS Update, or Configuration Change), affected software, and a rolled-up risk score.
- Finding and asset linkage
- Every fix is linked to the vulnerable items it resolves, and each finding carries a read-only reference back to its fix.
- Per-fix risk rollup
- A rollup calculator scores each fix from the active findings that share it, and maintains a findings count and a distinct-assets count so you can size the impact of applying the fix.
- Automated exchange with Armis™ Centrix™ for ViPR
- USEM exports detection data to Armis™ Centrix™ for ViPR and retrieves the identified fixes on a schedule, keeping the catalog current without manual imports.
- Workspace and dashboard visibility
- Fixes appear as a list and form in Unified Security Exposure Management Workspace, and as widgets on the Findings View and the Remediation View — for example, Findings with fix identified and Top fixes by finding count.
Who uses Fix Intelligence for SEM
| User | Goal |
|---|---|
| Vulnerability analyst | Find the fixes that resolve the most findings and highest risk, then act on them first. |
| Vulnerability manager | See which assets a fix covers, and coordinate the patch or configuration change across the assigned remediation teams. |
| Remediation Owner | Navigate to the fix list and see other findings if they are assigned to them. |
Benefits
- Remediate by fix, not by finding: One fix can clear many findings across many assets, reducing repetitive work.
- Prioritize by risk removed: The per-fix risk rollup surfaces the fixes that reduce the most exposure.
- Stay current automatically: Scheduled exchanges keep the fix catalog aligned with Armis™ Centrix™ for ViPR.