Vulnerabilities in Software Stacks

One of the biggest challenges AlphaBravo has observed with vulnerability tools is the inability to group like items to help engineers recognize associated vulnerabilities. This leaves out critical details for understanding the attack surface of an application, and may lead to unexpected exposure as critical components may be overlooked.

One of the primary benefits of continuous monitoring is the ability to identify and address problems in real-time. This can help organizations to improve the quality of their products and services, reduce operational costs, and increase efficiency.

Each security tool relies on an underlying database to query and report findings. Different tools make use of different vulnerability databases, which may lead to different results despite scanning the same software packages. Additionally, the rate at which these tools update their databases varies, so one tool may have a more recent dataset than the others.