Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Traditional IT environments remain vulnerable when scans are done infrequently or manually. Static scanning misses shadow IT ignores transient devices, and often overlooks systems not regularly scheduled for scans. Take the example of a remote office server that was deployed temporarily for a project. If it’s not included in regular scanning schedules, it might run unpatched and unnoticed for months—an easy target for attackers.

Vulnerability management is not just about spotting weaknesses. It is about fixing them effectively and staying ahead of attackers. And the urgency has never been clearer: the 2025 Verizon DBIR shows a 34% increase in attackers exploiting vulnerabilities to gain initial access and cause breaches compared to last year’s report. So, how can you be sure you are on the right track? Are you reducing risk efficiently? Are critical vulnerabilities being remediated before they are exploited?

The GDPR has compelled a shift in how companies manage personal data. At the heart of GDPR is the requirement to safeguard customer data from unauthorized access, loss, or alteration. GDPR vulnerability assessment is a basic requirement, whether you’re based in the EU or not. If you process the data of EU residents, this assessment isn’t optional.

AI has had dramatic impacts on almost every facet of every industry. API security is no exception. Up until recently, defending APIs meant guarding against well-understood threats. But as AI proliferates, automated adversaries, AI-crafted exploits, and business logic abuse have complicated matters. It’s no longer enough to merely patch known flaws; security teams must now contend with intelligent, adaptive attacks that evolve as fast as the technology they target.

On June 25, 2025, Cisco released patches for two maximum-severity vulnerabilities in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and ISE-Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC). Both flaws allow unauthenticated, remote threat actors to execute commands on the underlying operating system with root privileges via exposed HTTPS APIs. Although similar in outcome, the vulnerabilities are independent and do not require each other to be exploited.