Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) is a strategic framework that helps organizations continuously assess and manage cyber risk. It breaks down the complex task of managing security threats into five distinct stages: Scoping, Discovery, Prioritization, Validation, and Mobilization. Each of these stages plays a crucial role in identifying, addressing, and mitigating vulnerabilities - before they can be exploited by attackers.
On paper, CTEM sounds great . But where the rubber meets the road – especially for CTEM neophytes - implementing CTEM can seem overwhelming. The process of putting CTEM principles into practice can look prohibitively complex at first.
However, with the right tools and a clear understanding of each stage, CTEM can be an effective method for strengthening your organization's security posture. That's why I've put together a step-by-step guide on which tools to use for which stage. Want to learn more? Read on.
.. When you're defining critical assets during scoping, you're taking the first essential step toward understanding your organization's most valuable processes and resources.
Your goal here is to identify the assets that are vital to your operations, and this often involves input from a variety of stakeholders - not just your security operations (SecOps) team. Scoping isn't just a technical task, it's a people task - it's about truly understanding your business's context and processes. A helpful way to approach this is through business-critica.
