Security configurations are the backbone of a robust cybersecurity framework. Ensuring these configurations are correctly set across your environment is crucial for defending against potential breaches. 

Security configurations are the backbone of a robust cybersecurity framework. Ensuring these configurations are correctly set across your environment is crucial for defending against potential breaches. 

For most teams the challenge is managing security configurations on an ongoing basis, as several factors routinely alter the integrity of various configurations. Outdated and unpatched systems, insufficient access controls, lack of endpoint protection, ineffective detection and response and even inadequate employee training can complicate security configuration management and inadvertently exposure your organization to a variety of risks.  

Morphisec Adaptive Exposure Management (AEM) can reduce your organization’s risk exposure without affecting business productivity, and without creating additional workload for your team. AEM revolutionizes threat exposure management (including security misconfiguration management) with unprecedented visibility, actionable insights and tailored recommendations. 

How it works

Accessed through the Morphisec dashboard, the security misconfigurations panel provides a detailed analysis of configuration issues identified on your hosts, guided by your tailored Exposure Policies. On an ongoing basis, your team gains: 

• Tailored Insights — View misconfigurations relevant to your specific policies, ensuring focused and actionable intelligence. 
• Enhanced Visibility — Easily identify which hosts are at risk and understand the severity of each misconfiguration. 
• Streamlined Remediation — Access clear recommendations and links to vendor best practices for swift resolution. 
  

Matching AEM Outcomes to your organization’s use cases 

Every organization has a unique risk profile, which is why AEM offers multiple layers of actionable insights that prioritize risks according to your business context and its unique environment. These insights are key to timely remediation and the appropriate allocation of team resources. 

Additionally, you and your team can map your organization’s unique use cases for optimal outcomes. Popular use cases include: 

Regulatory Compliance 

• Scenario — Keeping up with evolving regulatory requirements is a challenge for many organizations. Failure to comply can result in fines and reputational damage.  
• Solution — Morphisec helps you identify and address critical security misconfigurations relevant to regulatory requirements. By following integrated remediation guidance and leveraging detailed reports, you can ensure compliance with key security standards, facilitating smooth regulatory audits. 

Targeted Risk Management

• Scenario — Organizations often need to prioritize their security efforts due to limited resources. They need to focus on the most critical weaknesses exposing their systems. 
• Solution — The Morphisec platform enables you to view misconfigurations based on severity and the number of affected hosts. This allows you to efficiently allocate resources to address the most critical issues first, enhancing your overall security posture within budget constraints. 

Incident Response  

• Scenario — In the event of a security breach, identifying the root cause quickly is essential to mitigate damage and prevent future incidents. 
• Solution — The Security Misconfigurations panel allows you to swiftly identify and review misconfigurations across your environment. By linking these misconfigurations to affected hosts and understanding their severity, you can pinpoint potential weaknesses and implement effective solutions to prevent similar incidents.
   

Continuous Improvement 

• Scenario — Maintaining a high level of security requires regular reviews and updates to security configurations.
• Solution — With Morphsiec, you can continuously monitor your security configurations and receive tailored recommendations. Detailed analysis and vendor best practices provide the insights needed to refine and enhance your security settings, ensuring you stay ahead of potential vulnerabilities. 

How Morphisec can Help 

Maintaining a robust security posture is an ongoing challenge that requires constant vigilance and timely actions. As part of the AEM suite, the Morphisec Security Misconfigurations feature empowers your organization to proactively manage and rectify configuration issues. With it, your team gains: 

• Expert-Driven Prioritization — Morphisec highlights the most critical misconfigurations as identified by our seasoned security experts, ensuring that you focus on the most impactful issues. 
• Policy-Driven Customization— Tailor your security configurations based on specific policies for different host groups, ensuring relevance and efficiency in addressing issues. 
• Integrated Remediation Guidance— Access in-depth recommendations and direct links to vendor best practices, making it easier to implement effective solutions. 
• Advanced Reporting Capabilities— Generate comprehensive PDF reports detailing recommended remediations, complete with links to vendor resources, facilitating easy distribution and action. 
  

Morphisec AEM and its Security Misconfigurations feature offers assurance that your environment remains secure, compliant, and resilient against emerging threats. Start leveraging these insights today to safeguard your digital assets and maintain a resilient security posture. 

Download the Achieving Adaptive Cyber Resiliency with Automated Moving Target Defense white paper to learn more about AEM and explore how Morphisec can support additional cyber resilience outcomes: