Vulnerability Management

Are You Patching the Right Vulnerabilities First?

131 new vulnerabilities are disclosed every day, and attackers now weaponize them in under five days. Your team can't patch everything,
so Cyberix continuously finds, prioritizes, and tracks remediation of the weaknesses that are actually likely to get you breached.

Tenable Partner & Rapid7 Certified · CMMC Level 2 · SOC 2 Type II · NIST SP 800-53 & 800-171 · Denver, CO & Washington, D.C.

48,000+
New CVEs published in 2025 alone
54%
Of endpoints across most organizations go unmanaged
60%
Of breaches involved a vulnerability that already had a fix available
20%
Of all 2025 breaches started with vulnerability exploitation, up 34% YoY
252 days
Average time organizations take to fix a known security flaw
$4.44M
Global average cost of a data breach in 2025Industry avg. — IBM
The Case for Vulnerability Management

The gap between "patch available" and "patch applied" is where breaches happen

A vulnerability is any weakness in your systems, software, or configuration an attacker could exploit to get in.
New ones surface every day — the only real question is whether you find them before someone else does.

You Can't Fix What You Can't See

With 131 new vulnerabilities disclosed every day, a one-time scan is out of date the moment it's finished. Without continuous discovery, new assets and new weaknesses become blind spots the day they appear.

Not Every Vulnerability Deserves the Same Response

Your team can't patch everything at once, and CVSS score alone doesn't tell you what's actually dangerous. You need prioritization built on real-world exploitability, not a raw list sorted by severity number.

Auditors Expect a Documented Program

CMMC, NIST, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and SOC 2 all require an active vulnerability management process. Scrambling to produce evidence at audit time is a sign the program isn't really running day-to-day.

The Vulnerability Management Lifecycle

A continuous cycle, not a one-time project

Vulnerabilities don't stop appearing after your last scan. Our program runs every stage on a continuous loop,
so your exposure picture never goes stale between engagements.

1

Discovery

Continuous scanning across your network, applications, endpoints, and cloud identifies every asset and every known vulnerability tied to it.

2

Assessment & Prioritization

We rank findings by real-world exploitability, your specific environment, and business impact — not CVSS score alone.

3

Remediation

Patches get deployed, misconfigurations corrected, and compensating controls applied for zero-days — tracked to closure with your IT team.

4

Validation

We re-scan after remediation to confirm fixes actually worked, not just marked complete in a ticket.

5

Reporting & Documentation

Every vulnerability tracked, every remediation documented — dashboards for your team, audit-ready reports for compliance.

What We Do

Coverage across every layer of your environment

We cover network, application, cloud, and endpoint with a risk-based approach
that makes sure your team fixes the right things first.

Scanning

Continuous Vulnerability Scanning

Automated, scheduled scans across your full environment, not a one-time snapshot.

  • Network, application, endpoint, and cloud scanning
  • Authenticated and unauthenticated scan configurations
  • Asset discovery, so devices you didn't know were on your network get found
  • Scan scheduling tuned to your environment to minimize disruption
  • Integration with Tenable, Rapid7, Qualys, and other platforms
Prioritization

Risk-Based Vulnerability Prioritization

With 131 new CVEs a day, we cut through the noise and tell you what needs attention now.

  • CVSS + EPSS + CISA KEV cross-referenced scoring
  • Contextual risk scoring based on your environment and exposure
  • Exploit availability and active threat intelligence correlation
  • Asset criticality weighting — production systems first
  • Clear severity tiers with remediation SLA targets
Patch Management

Remediation Tracking & Patch Management

Finding vulnerabilities is only half the job — we manage remediation to closure.

  • Patch deployment coordination and change management support
  • Compensating control recommendations for unpatchable systems
  • Zero-day mitigation guidance before patches are available
  • Remediation status tracking with SLA monitoring
  • Post-remediation validation scanning
Cloud & Application

Cloud & Application Vulnerability Assessment

Cloud misconfigurations and application-layer flaws are now primary attack vectors.

  • AWS, Azure, and GCP configuration vulnerability scanning
  • Container and Kubernetes security assessment
  • Web application vulnerability scanning, OWASP-aligned
  • API security assessment and shadow API discovery
  • Infrastructure-as-code security analysis
Compliance

Compliance-Ready Vulnerability Reporting

A required control in CMMC, NIST, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and SOC 2 — we produce the evidence.

  • Audit-ready vulnerability reports for compliance frameworks
  • CMMC Level 2 and NIST SP 800-171 control documentation
  • Patch compliance reporting for PCI DSS and HIPAA
  • Executive dashboards on security posture and trends
  • Risk acceptance documentation for exception management
Intelligence

Threat Intelligence Integration

Vulnerability data alone isn't enough — you need to know what's being weaponized now.

  • CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog monitoring
  • Dark web and threat actor exploit adoption tracking
  • Industry-specific threat feed correlation
  • Zero-day early warning and mitigation guidance
  • Threat intelligence reporting for your security team
How We Prioritize

Not all vulnerabilities are equal — we treat them accordingly

Every finding gets a severity rating based on actual exploitability and impact to your environment, not CVSS score alone.
Each tier carries a defined remediation target, so your team always knows what's urgent.

Critical · 24–48 hrs

Actively Exploited

In the wild right now. Immediate risk to your environment. Emergency response required.

High · 7 days

Elevated Risk

Exploit code available or listed in CISA KEV. Real risk if left unaddressed.

Medium · 30 days

Real Exposure

Lower exploitation likelihood. Remediated in your next scheduled patching cycle.

Low · 90 days

Routine Hygiene

Minimal current risk. Tracked and addressed on your regular security cadence.

How We Get Started

Up and running in as little as two weeks

We integrate with your existing environment instead of replacing it. Most deployments are non-disruptive and go live in stages.

1

Scoping & Asset Discovery

We map your full environment — networks, cloud, endpoints, applications — so nothing sits outside the scope of protection.

2

Baseline Scan

An initial comprehensive scan delivers your first report — the full picture of your current exposure, ranked by risk.

3

Prioritization & Roadmap

We build a remediation roadmap: what to fix immediately, what to schedule, and what to accept with documentation.

4

Continuous Monitoring

Ongoing scheduled scans with alerts for new critical findings keep your exposure picture current between cycles.

5

Reporting & Review

A regular reporting cadence for your team and leadership, plus audit-ready documentation for compliance.

The Difference

What your security posture looks like, without and with Cyberix

Without vulnerability management

  • You don't know how many vulnerabilities exist in your environment right now
  • Patches are applied inconsistently, and high-severity CVEs sit open for months
  • New assets added to the network become immediate blind spots
  • Compliance audits require manual scrambling to produce evidence
  • You find out about vulnerabilities after attackers have already exploited them
  • No way to show leadership or auditors what your security posture actually is
  • Cloud misconfigurations and application vulnerabilities go undetected indefinitely

With Cyberix vulnerability management

  • Full visibility into your vulnerability exposure across every environment
  • Highest-risk vulnerabilities flagged immediately with clear remediation steps
  • New assets automatically scanned and folded into the risk picture
  • Audit-ready reports generated continuously, no scrambling required
  • Threat intelligence tells you which vulnerabilities are actively being weaponized
  • Executive dashboards give leadership a clear view of security posture and trends
  • Cloud, application, network, and endpoint all covered from a single program
Who This Is For

You need vulnerability management if any of this sounds familiar

You Have a Compliance Requirement

CMMC, NIST, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and SOC 2 all require documented vulnerability management processes. We build and maintain the program your auditors need to see.

You Run a Hybrid or Cloud Environment

Cloud misconfigurations are now a primary attack vector. Traditional network scanning doesn't cover your cloud workloads, containers, or APIs.

You Work With the Federal Government

CMMC Level 2 and NIST SP 800-171 require continuous vulnerability scanning and documented remediation. We help contractors meet and maintain this requirement.

Your Environment Is Growing Fast

Every new application, server, or cloud instance adds to your vulnerability surface. Without a managed program, new assets become instant blind spots.

Your IT Team Is Stretched Thin

Effective vulnerability management requires dedicated tools, expertise, and time your IT team may not have. We take the burden so your team can focus on the business.

You've Had an Incident or a Close Call

If you've experienced a breach, ransomware, or a near-miss, a vulnerability management program is the foundation of your recovery and prevention strategy.

Certifications

Held by our organization and our testing team

Company-level certifications shown below; see the full list and audit history on the Certifications page.

CMMC Level 2

Confidential Unclassified Information handling

ISO logo

ISO/IEC 27001

Information security management system

SOC 2 Type II

Independently audited security controls

NIST logo

NIST SP 800-171

Controlled unclassified information protection

OSCP CEH CISSP CySA+ GCIH GCFA CISM CISA CRISC PCNSA NIST 800-53

CMMC and SOC 2 seals shown are custom-designed here (no verified right to display the official trademarked badge); ISO and NIST marks are the real, freely-licensed logos.

Stop Flying Blind on Your Vulnerabilities

Know what's exposed. Know what's dangerous. Know it's getting fixed.

60% of breaches involved a vulnerability that had a patch available but hadn't been applied. The difference between an organization that
gets breached and one that doesn't often comes down to whether they have a structured program for closing gaps before attackers find them.

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FAQ

Common questions about vulnerability management

What's the difference between a vulnerability scan and a penetration test?

A vulnerability scan is automated software that checks your systems against a database of known vulnerabilities and flags what's present. A penetration test uses human testers who actively try to exploit those vulnerabilities, chaining multiple weaknesses together the way a real attacker would. Both are valuable — vulnerability management provides continuous, broad coverage across your entire environment, while penetration testing provides deep, confirmed proof of exploitability. Most organizations benefit from both.

How often do you scan?

We configure scan frequency based on your environment and risk tolerance. Most enterprise environments receive weekly or continuous scans on internal and external assets, with critical systems scanned more frequently. When high-severity CVEs are publicly disclosed, we can trigger out-of-cycle scans to quickly assess your exposure — the goal is that you always have a current picture of your vulnerability posture, not one that's weeks old.

Will scanning disrupt our operations?

We configure scans carefully to minimize performance impact. For sensitive environments, like production systems or critical infrastructure, we schedule scans during off-hours or maintenance windows. We also use credentialed scans where appropriate, which are typically less disruptive than unauthenticated scans and produce more accurate results.

We already run our own vulnerability scans. Why do we need Cyberix?

Running a scanner is the first step, but most organizations stop there. The work of reviewing results, prioritizing by actual risk, coordinating remediation, tracking fixes to closure, validating that patches worked, and producing compliance documentation is where the real value is. Our team does all of that, so your findings actually get remediated rather than sitting in a report nobody acts on. We also add threat intelligence correlation and cloud/application coverage that standalone scanners typically don't provide.

How do you prioritize which vulnerabilities to fix first?

We use a combination of CVSS severity scores, EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) probability scores, CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, and real-world threat intelligence about active exploitation in the wild. We also weight your specific environment — a critical vulnerability on an isolated system with no path to the internet is a different priority than the same vulnerability on an internet-facing server. You get a clear ranked list, not just a sorted CVSS report.

Does this satisfy CMMC, NIST, or PCI DSS requirements?

Yes. Vulnerability management is a required control in CMMC Level 2 (AC.3.012, RM.2.141–RM.2.142), NIST SP 800-171, PCI DSS Requirement 6, HIPAA, and SOC 2. We structure our scanning, reporting, and remediation tracking documentation specifically to meet what these frameworks require. Cyberix itself holds CMMC Level 2, SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001, and NIST certifications, so we know exactly what auditors look for.

What about vulnerabilities that can't be patched right away?

Not every vulnerability can be patched immediately — legacy systems, vendor dependency timelines, and operational constraints are real. For vulnerabilities that can't be patched quickly, we recommend compensating controls: network segmentation, WAF virtual patching, enhanced monitoring, access restrictions, or other mitigations that reduce the risk while you work toward remediation. We document these decisions for audit and compliance purposes.