Cybersecurity

Vulnerability Assessment

Identify, classify, and verify security errors in software

Identifying the real vulnerabilities on web pages, in code, or in infrastructure that can cause a security incident is a challenge. The challenge is compounded by accelerating digitization and exponential IT innovation on top of the trillions of lines of code that have been written over the past 20 years. Meeting this challenge requires specific security scanning tools, knowledge of how to use the security scanners, as well as expertise to identify and address false positives and false negatives.

Vulnerability Assessment

The core of vulnerability assessment is to rapidly assess large quantities of code from a security point of view. This is done by using sophisticated security scanners to conduct Static Application Security Testing (SAST).

SATS is a method of security testing that examines the source code, bytecode, or binary code of an application for vulnerabilities. It’s a type of testing that is performed with complete access to the code but without executing the program, focusing on finding security flaws within the code itself.

This is how SAST typically works:

SAST tools scan the application’s code to identify coding patterns that could lead to potential vulnerabilities.

The code is systematically checked against a set of predefined rules or conditions that pertain to secure coding practices.

When a potential vulnerability is detected, the tool flags the area in the code where the issue was found.

This process allows for the early detection of issues, which can then be remedied by developers before the application is deployed.

SAST tools are often integrated into the Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, allowing for continuous and automated security checks. This helps in maintaining high code quality standards and adhering to industry security practices.

Our Approach

NNIT has extensive experience in developing and securing IT and OT solutions in complex and heavily regulated sectors. We believe continuous improvement is necessary to remain relevant in the context of today’s IT landscape where both technologies and cyber threats are evolving rapidly. Combining our understanding of complex IT/OT assets with insight into the current cyber threat landscape and leveraging state-of-the-art security scanners puts us in a unique position to rapidly assess the vulnerability level across your infrastructure.

Identification of which business processes, IT/OT assets, and related infrastructure are key for your profits. Output is a drawing that outlines your value chain, the security and safety protocols for the scan, and a list of assets to be scanned.

Automated process to systematically map the structure of web pages, code, or infrastructure followed by a variety of checks to identify potential security vulnerabilities that could lead to security breaches. Output is a machine-generated list of security observations in the scanned environment.

Expert review and examination of the machine-generated list to identify and remove incorrect results, as well as research to identify ways to remove the key vulnerabilities. Output is a set of annotations to the machine-generated list capturing the input from NNIT’s security experts.

A high-level overview of vulnerabilities identified and proposed steps to mitigate these. Output is a report summarizing the findings and recommendations of the assessment, as well as the machine-generated list of security observations and expert annotations.

Key benefits and business outcome

A snapshot of the security vulnerabilities in your IT/OT linked to your key business assets.
Patching recommendations to reduce/eliminate vulnerabilities prioritized from a security point of view and free of false positives.
A documented security baseline that demonstrates the effects of risk mitigation efforts, such as patching, segmenting, and decommissioning.

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