Oracle Vulnerability Management is a comprehensive solution designed to help organizations identify, assess, and remediate security vulnerabilities across their IT infrastructure.
By automating the detection of potential risks and offering tools for swift resolution, Oracle Vulnerability Management enables businesses to safeguard sensitive data, ensure compliance, and reduce the likelihood of cyberattacks.
This article explores the key features and benefits Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Vulnerability Scanning Service, highlighting how it empowers users to effectively manage instances and protect critical data.
Understanding Oracle’s Role in Eliminating Organizational Risks
Oracle Vulnerability Management is a powerful solution that empowers internal IT teams to proactively manage security threats, enhancing overall system resilience and protecting critical enterprise assets from vulnerabilities or threats.
By leveraging the Oracle Cloud Service Vulnerability Scanning Service, development teams can quickly identify and address unpatched vulnerabilities, develop code on existing instances, and ensure an effective transition for building production code.
Key Capabilities
Here’s a closer look at the key capabilities of the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Vulnerability Scanning Service for users across various technical landscapes:
- Scan compute instances or custom images from any OCI Compute base images, including CentOS, Windows Server, Ubuntu, and Oracle Linux
- Scan the entire network of all public-facing IPs associated with the targeted instances
- Identify which ports are reachable through the existing networking rules
- Search for configurations that either miss or meet OS Linux CIS benchmarks for authorization
- Leverage the VSS plugin to record all open ports on any given instance
- Scan container images in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Container Registry to identify and address installed packages with vulnerabilities
- Target scans against instances in compartment, subcompartment, or for a specific instance
- Review the configuration of each instance against OS CIS benchmarks to determine which operating system security hardening opportunities exist within their instances
- Search all installed packages with known vulnerabilities noted in the National Vulnerability Database
Benefits for Customers
Proactively identify vulnerabilities
Access real-time vulnerability findings through daily instance scans to maintain overall security confidence. Identify and address workload vulnerabilities before they make an impact on existing data or operational security.
Effectively monitor cloud compartments
Facilitate immediate remediation for critical vulnerabilities by prioritizing the most vulnerable instances or images. Reduce overall risk by proactively monitoring and identifying vulnerabilities on critical instances or container images.
Comprehensively view security insights
Leverage Oracle Cloud Guard to monitor the security of both OCI compute instances and container images and gain insights into overall security initiatives and outcomes. Analyze regional and global reports through the Vulnerability Scanning Service.
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