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Find vulnerabilities. Prioritize what matters. Drive remediation to closure.

Bring vulnerability findings into one workflow where security and IT teams can prioritize issues using severity, exploitability, exposure and business context — then assign, track and verify remediation. Secusy helps turn vulnerability data into action instead of another scanner report.

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FindingsCentralized in one workflow
PrioritizationRisk-based, not severity-only
RemediationOwners, due dates, tracking
VerificationRetest before closure

The definition

What is vulnerability management?

Vulnerability management is the ongoing process of identifying, evaluating, prioritizing, remediating and verifying security vulnerabilities across an organization's technology environment.

  • Discover

    Bring findings from supported sources into one place.

  • Prioritize

    Weigh severity with exploitability, exposure and business context.

  • Remediate

    Assign owners and track fixes to closure.

  • Verify

    Retest to confirm the weakness is resolved.

Finding vulnerabilities is not the hardest part.

Most organizations already have vulnerability data. It may come from:

  • Vulnerability scanners
  • Penetration tests
  • Cloud security tools
  • Application security testing
  • Endpoint security tools
  • External scans
  • Infrastructure assessments
  • Security reviews

The challenge comes next

  • Which vulnerability should be fixed first?
  • Who owns it?
  • Is the affected system internet-facing?
  • Is the vulnerability actively exploited?
  • Does it affect a critical business asset?
  • Has a patch been applied?
  • Was the remediation verified?

When findings remain spread across reports, spreadsheets, tickets and different security tools, vulnerabilities stay open longer than they should. Secusy brings that workflow together.

Vulnerability management is a remediation process — not just a scanning process.

Scanning tells you what may be vulnerable. Vulnerability management should help you decide:

Secusy helps security, IT and engineering teams move vulnerabilities through a structured lifecycle: Discover → Prioritize → Assign → Remediate → Retest → Close. And where a finding represents significant business exposure: escalate to Cyber Risk Management.

  • What matters most?
  • Who needs to fix it?
  • When should it be fixed?
  • What is blocking remediation?
  • Has the issue actually been resolved?

How it works

Manage vulnerabilities from discovery to closure

  1. Step 1

    Discover

    Bring vulnerability findings into Secusy from supported scanning, testing and security sources — automated scans, ASV scans, penetration testing, application security testing, cloud security assessments, endpoint tools and imported assessment results.

  2. Step 2

    Normalize

    Maintain the vulnerability information in a consistent structure so findings from different sources can be reviewed and managed together.

  3. Step 3

    Enrich

    Add context beyond the scanner severity: CVE, CVSS severity, exploitability, known exploitation, asset exposure and criticality, internet accessibility, business impact, existing controls and remediation availability.

  4. Step 4

    Prioritize

    Use technical severity together with business and threat context to determine what should be addressed first.

  5. Step 5

    Assign

    Route remediation to the appropriate technology, engineering, application or infrastructure owner.

  6. Step 6

    Track

    Monitor status, remediation due dates, exceptions and outstanding actions.

  7. Step 7

    Verify

    Retest or validate that the weakness has been properly resolved.

  8. Step 8

    Close

    Maintain the remediation record and supporting evidence.

Critical does not always mean highest priority.

A vulnerability scanner may label two vulnerabilities as critical. But the actual risk may be very different.

Vulnerability A

  • CVSS 9.8
  • Internal test system
  • No sensitive information
  • Not externally accessible

Vulnerability B

  • CVSS 8.1
  • Internet-facing production system
  • Processes customer data
  • Known exploit activity exists

Prioritization based only on CVSS may push Vulnerability A higher. Risk-based vulnerability management looks at the wider context.

Secusy can help prioritize using factors such as

  • CVSS score
  • Exploit availability
  • Known exploitation
  • CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities data where applicable
  • EPSS or similar exploit probability data where applicable
  • Internet exposure
  • Asset criticality
  • Data sensitivity
  • Business function
  • Compensating controls
  • Age of vulnerability
  • Remediation status

The objective is simple: fix the vulnerabilities most likely to create meaningful business impact first.

Prioritize vulnerabilities attackers are actually using.

Severity is useful. Exploitability adds another dimension. Where supported, Secusy can incorporate external threat intelligence such as:

This helps teams distinguish between technically severe vulnerabilities and vulnerabilities creating immediate operational risk. Threat context should inform prioritization — not replace security judgment.

  • Known exploited vulnerability information
  • Exploit probability
  • Public exploit availability
  • Threat intelligence
  • Vulnerability age

One place to see what remains exposed.

Vulnerability information is often distributed across multiple tools. Secusy provides a consolidated environment for reviewing findings across assets and sources. Teams can understand areas such as:

Security teams get an operational view. Management gets visibility into exposure and remediation progress.

  • Total open vulnerabilities
  • Critical and high findings
  • Internet-facing vulnerabilities
  • Known exploited vulnerabilities
  • Vulnerabilities by asset
  • Vulnerabilities by owner
  • Findings past remediation targets
  • New vulnerabilities
  • Reopened vulnerabilities
  • Remediation status
  • Retest status

A vulnerability without asset context is only half the story.

The same technical vulnerability can create very different levels of risk depending on where it exists. Secusy helps connect findings with information such as:

This allows prioritization to reflect the importance of the affected system.

  • Asset name
  • Asset owner
  • Environment
  • Production or non-production status
  • Internal or internet-facing exposure
  • Business criticality
  • Data classification
  • Application
  • Technology stack
  • Related business service

Move findings to the teams that can fix them.

Security teams should not have to manually chase every vulnerability. Secusy helps convert vulnerability findings into structured remediation activities. For each applicable finding:

  • Vulnerability identified
  • Priority determined
  • Owner assigned
  • Target remediation date
  • Remediation action
  • Validation or retest
  • Closure

Teams can track

  • Finding status
  • Assigned owner
  • Due date
  • Remediation notes
  • Exceptions
  • Supporting evidence
  • Retest result
  • Closure date

Put remediation into existing workflows.

Developers and infrastructure teams should not need to live inside a security platform all day. Where integrations are available, Secusy can connect vulnerability remediation with the tools teams already use. Potential integrations may include:

A vulnerability can become an actionable ticket for the responsible team while Secusy retains the security context and remediation status. The exact systems and functions currently supported are identified within the platform.

  • Jira
  • ServiceNow
  • Azure DevOps
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Other supported ticketing and development platforms

Make remediation expectations explicit.

Organizations can define vulnerability remediation targets based on severity, exposure, asset importance or internal security policy. For example:

  • Critical

    Immediate prioritization

  • High

    Accelerated remediation

  • Medium

    Standard remediation cycle

  • Low

    Risk-based scheduling

Secusy can help track whether findings remain within the organization's defined remediation expectations. The platform does not impose a universal remediation timeframe unless a specific compliance or contractual requirement requires one.

Not every vulnerability can be patched immediately.

Sometimes remediation may be delayed because:

  • A vendor patch is unavailable
  • The application cannot tolerate an immediate change
  • The system is scheduled for retirement
  • A compensating control is in place
  • Operational constraints require temporary acceptance

These situations should not simply disappear from the vulnerability backlog. Where the exposure is significant, the issue can be escalated into Cyber Risk Management. Explore Cyber Risk Management →

Secusy can maintain

  • Exception reason
  • Compensating controls
  • Risk owner
  • Approval
  • Expiry or review date
  • Planned remediation
  • Residual risk

Closing a ticket does not prove the vulnerability is fixed.

A remediation workflow should include validation. Depending on the vulnerability, this may involve automated rescanning, manual verification, a penetration testing retest, configuration review or evidence review.

  • Original finding

    The weakness as first identified.

  • Remediation

    The fix applied by the owner.

  • Retest

    Validation that the fix worked.

  • Verified closure

    Closed with a retained record.

This gives security teams stronger assurance that vulnerabilities have actually been addressed. Which findings can be rescanned automatically and which need human retesting depends on the finding and source.

  • Automated rescanning
  • Manual verification
  • Penetration testing retest
  • Configuration review
  • Evidence review

Turn material vulnerabilities into business-level risks.

Not every scanner finding belongs in the enterprise risk register. But some vulnerabilities represent significant business exposure. For example:

  • Finding

    Remote code execution vulnerability

  • Asset

    Internet-facing customer platform

  • Business context

    Critical revenue-generating system

  • Threat context

    Known exploitation

  • Cyber risk

    Compromise could result in service disruption and customer data exposure

  • Treatment

    Emergency patching + additional controls

Secusy Vulnerability Management manages the technical finding. Secusy Cyber Risk Management manages the wider business exposure where necessary. Explore Cyber Risk Management →

Connect vulnerability management with your security controls.

Vulnerability management itself is an important organizational security control. OneCSF can map vulnerability-management controls against relevant requirements across supported frameworks.

  • Vulnerability Management Process

    Your operational process.

  • OneCSF Control

    One control in the common environment.

  • Frameworks

    ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, HITRUST and other applicable requirements.

Instead of maintaining vulnerability management separately for each framework, your operational process becomes part of the common control environment. Explore OneCSF →

Use remediation data as part of your compliance program.

Many cybersecurity frameworks require organizations to identify, assess and remediate technical vulnerabilities. Secusy can connect vulnerability management with compliance workflows so teams can maintain information such as:

This can support audit preparation while recognizing that individual frameworks may impose specific scanning, testing, evidence and remediation requirements. Explore Compliance Automation →

  • Scan results
  • Remediation status
  • Exception records
  • Retest evidence
  • Vulnerability metrics
  • Control status

Turn vulnerability activity into compliance evidence.

Vulnerability management naturally creates evidence. Examples include:

Where appropriate, Secusy can associate this information with the relevant controls and requirements. This reduces the need to reconstruct vulnerability-management evidence when an assessment begins. Explore Automated Evidence Collection →

Use scan, remediation and retest records as supporting compliance evidence.

  • Scan reports
  • Finding records
  • Remediation tickets
  • Patch records
  • Exception approvals
  • Retest results
  • Management reports

Maintain scan, remediation and retest records as part of audit readiness.

Need PCI DSS external vulnerability scanning?

For organizations requiring PCI DSS Approved Scanning Vendor services, Secusy provides access to ValueMentor's ASV capability. External vulnerability scanning for PCI DSS is a specific compliance activity and should not be confused with the organization's broader vulnerability-management program.

Use ASV scanning where required for PCI DSS. Use Vulnerability Management to continuously manage security weaknesses across your environment.

Explore ASV Scanning →

Scanners find weaknesses. Human testing finds more.

Automated vulnerability scanning is an important part of security testing, but it does not replace penetration testing. Penetration testers can:

Secusy connects vulnerability management with expert-led security testing delivered by ValueMentor. Explore Penetration Testing →

  • Validate exploitability
  • Identify business logic weaknesses
  • Chain vulnerabilities together
  • Test authentication and authorization
  • Evaluate attack paths
  • Investigate weaknesses scanners may miss

Need more than software?

Some organizations do not have the internal resources to operate vulnerability management continuously. Secusy can also serve as the platform through which ValueMentor specialists help manage the vulnerability lifecycle. Depending on the service scope, this may include activities such as:

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  • Scan management
  • Finding review
  • Prioritization
  • False-positive validation
  • Remediation coordination
  • Periodic reporting
  • Retesting
  • Management reviews

Give your vCISO visibility into technical exposure.

Vulnerability management produces important signals for cybersecurity leadership. Your vCISO can use Secusy to review:

This helps connect technical findings with security priorities and management decisions. Secusy provides the operating platform. ValueMentor vCISO Services provide the leadership.

Give your vCISO visibility into vulnerabilities, exceptions and remediation performance.

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  • Critical exposures
  • Known exploited vulnerabilities
  • Remediation performance
  • Persistent vulnerabilities
  • Exception requests
  • High-risk assets
  • Material cyber risks
  • Remediation trends

Understand whether exposure is improving.

Vulnerability metrics should answer more than “How many vulnerabilities do we have?” Useful operational views may include:

Metrics should help teams identify whether risk is actually being reduced.

  • Open vulnerabilities by severity
  • Critical and high vulnerabilities
  • Known exploited vulnerabilities
  • Vulnerabilities by asset
  • Internet-facing exposure
  • Vulnerabilities past remediation target
  • Average remediation time
  • New vs. closed vulnerabilities
  • Reopened findings
  • Exceptions
  • Retest status
  • Vulnerability trends

Vulnerability management for organizations that need to move beyond scan reports.

  • Startups

    Establish a structured vulnerability remediation process as enterprise customer requirements increase.

  • SaaS companies

    Connect application, cloud and infrastructure findings with engineering remediation workflows.

  • Mid-market organizations

    Centralize vulnerabilities across tools and assign accountability across technology teams.

  • Security teams

    Prioritize findings using threat, exposure and asset context rather than severity alone.

  • IT teams

    Receive clear remediation actions with ownership, deadlines and verification.

  • Compliance teams

    Maintain vulnerability-management evidence and track applicable requirements.

  • vCISOs

    Use vulnerability data as an input into the wider cybersecurity risk and governance program.

Vulnerability management connected to the rest of cybersecurity.

Traditional vulnerability tools can generate thousands of findings. Secusy is designed around what happens next.

  • Discover

    Bring vulnerabilities into a common environment.

  • Prioritize

    Use severity, threat and business context to determine what matters.

  • Remediate

    Assign actions and monitor closure.

  • Verify

    Retest and validate remediation.

  • Escalate

    Turn material technical findings into cyber risks.

  • Evidence

    Maintain proof of the vulnerability-management process.

  • Get expert help

    Access ValueMentor security testing and cybersecurity specialists where needed.

A connected cycle: Find → Prioritize → Fix → Verify → Reduce Risk.

Related services

Secusy connects the platform with security testing and cybersecurity services delivered by ValueMentor.

Scanner-only approach vs. Secusy Vulnerability Management

Scanner-Only ApproachSecusy Vulnerability Management
Findings prioritized mainly by severityRisk-based prioritization
Different reports from different toolsCentralized findings
Limited asset contextBusiness and asset context
Manual remediation coordinationAssigned remediation workflows
Findings disconnected from riskEscalation to Cyber Risk Management
Tickets may close without validationRetest and verification
Exceptions tracked informallyStructured exception workflow
Audit evidence reconstructed laterEvidence retained with the program
Scanning separated from complianceOneCSF and compliance integration

Questions

Frequently asked questions

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