Technology - USA (2021-03)

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has the same 24 hours in a day; we want to
help you focus on what's most important,”
states Grangard. Part of Rapid7’s mission,
says Sitcawich, is to establish reasonable
expectations with its customers amid
a highly complex threat landscape: “It's
unrealistic to think that you're going to be
able to fix every vulnerability as soon as it
appears in your environment. You're going
to have to make tough decisions, but, at the
end of the day, a vulnerability management
programme is meant to reduce risk, and
you're not achieving that until you start
remediating.” Essentially, customers should
define a vision of successful cybersecurity
and pursue core goals in attaining it,
without being paralysed into inaction by
an overwhelming number of possibilities.
Developing strong partnerships with key
vendors who are able to troubleshoot any
problems can support this even further.
While Rapid7’s products and services are
able to secure every layer of an enterprise’s
digital environment, it is also worth reflecting
on root causes of vulnerabilities in the
first instance. Neglecting to follow the
aforementioned five-point process and
other imposed limitations conspire to make
addressing security issues more difficult in
real-world situations. “Broken authentication
(when authentication credentials are
compromised) and misconfiguration are
two common examples, particularly as
companies make the shift to the cloud,” says
Sitcawich. “SQL injections and cross-site
scripting are also frequent,” adds Grangard.
“These are where attackers will try to gain
personal information by injecting code into
either the website or the application itself.”
There are many circumstances that can
precipitate these attacks: a lack of resources
and expertise are significant factors, but,
once again, nothing is so deleterious as a MEET THE TEAM

BRIA GRANGARD

TITLE: SENIOR PRODUCT

MARKETING MANAGER

An award-winning

Product Marketer and technology

subject matter expert at Rapid7 with

experiences in leading GTM strategies,

owning and participating in a podcast,

and speaking opportunities across

Europe, Australia and the U.S.

VICTORIA SITCAWICH

TITLE: PRODUCT

MARKETING MANAGER

Product Marketing Manager

for Vulnerability Management

at Rapid7, responsible for executing

on go-to-market strategy for

InsightVM.

“ Not every asset is

created equal; your

payroll systems

should probably be

considered more

critical than an

individual laptop”

VICTORIA SITCAWICH

PRODUCT MARKETING MANAGER,

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