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Understanding how adversaries operate is key to this, and essential to assessing risk, exposure to attack,
and therefore, the priority with which networking devices should be remediated to protect critical areas of
the network, such as the CDE.

This is essential for targeting remediation efforts and resources where they are most needed – using
attack surface vulnerability assessments and threat intelligence to inform risk prioritization and
remediation allows organizations to view what is most critical but also what is most likely to be exploited.
Viewing the organization’s risk through an attacker’s lens takes RBVM to the next level - going way
beyond just discovering a vulnerability, it helps understand the risk in the context of real-world threat and
insight into the potential impact on a business.

With next year’s deadline on the horizon, the time is ripe for organizations to embrace evidence-based
reporting to elevate their PCI DSS compliance posture to new heights. But it’s also an ideal opportunity
to find solutions that support RBVM and provide a risk analysis of each non-compliance leverages
networking expertise to determine exploit ease, potential security impact, and fix feasibility. This will
ensure organizations achieve security from compliance.

A proactive security approach underpinned with RBVM and coupled with strategies such as Zero Trust
network segmentation empowers organizations to address vulnerabilities strategically, reinforcing their
defense against evolving cyber threats and safeguarding operations and potentially national security.

About the Author

Ian Robinson, Chief Architect of Titania

Chief Architect, Ian Robinson, works closely with Titania’s customers and
partners to continuously hone the unique capabilities of its configuration
assessment solutions Nipper Enterprise and Nipper; ensuring each product
roadmap strategically builds customer value by providing organizations with
the insight needed to mitigate their most critical network security and
compliance risks, first. With a strong record in full stack development, he is
fluent in an array of different languages and versed in the wide range of
platforms, frameworks, libraries and integrations needed to build elegant,
well-designed, and innovative cybersecurity solutions.

Ian can be reached online at [email protected] and at our company
website https://www.titania.com/

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