There were several security assessments and compliance frameworks in Kubescape before we released ARMOBest – NSA-CISA and MITRE. Naturally, people ask, why another one? Especially, if it’s not coming from a well-known source that some people may be required to comply with. Some frameworks, like MITRE, are designed bottom-up, mainly focusing on the infrastructure. Others, like NSA-CISA, are designed top-down, paying more attention to the application side.

Enterprises have traditionally relied on perimeter network security to keep attackers out and protect their organizationally unique sensitive data and resources. This approach works on the principle “verify, always trust” wherein authenticated users inside the network are trusted by default and allowed unfettered access. With the shift to cloud-native architecture, perimeter-based defenses have become obsolete and leave systems inherently vulnerable to malicious actors.

Vulnerability management is becoming increasingly important to companies due to the rising threat of cyber security attacks and regulations like PCI DSS, HIPAA, NIST 800-731 and more. Vulnerability management is a comprehensive process implemented to continuously identify, evaluate, classify, remediate, and report on security vulnerabilities.