Key Takeaways: Mastering Risk Prioritization with Rapid7 Surface Command

Last updated at Sat, 25 Jan 2025 01:49:27 GMT

Managing risk in today’s sprawling IT environments demands precision and adaptability. Security teams face a constant influx of data from various tools, each offering fragmented insights. Rapid7’s Surface Command takes control of this chaos, consolidating data and delivering actionable insights through custom risk management strategies.

In our recent webinar, Chaney Edwards, Senior Security Solutions Engineer at Rapid7, shares actionable techniques to cut through noise, prioritize effectively, and command your attack surface. Here’s what you’ll gain.

Key Takeaways from the Webinar

1. Start with Tailored Risk Scoring
Effective risk prioritization starts with understanding what matters most to your business. During the webinar, Edwards highlights strategies to move away from generic scoring systems, such as identifying which tools provide the most accurate data for specific asset types and aligning risk scores with your operational priorities.

2. Bridge Data Silos for a Clearer View
A key takeaway from the webinar is the importance of integrating data from across your environment. Teams often lose valuable time reconciling conflicting metrics from different tools. Edwards discusses the advantages of using a unified framework to correlate insights from multiple sources, ensuring consistent decision-making.

3. Use Queries to Uncover Insights Quickly
Advanced queries don’t just save time; they also uncover patterns you might otherwise miss. Edwards demonstrates how to build queries that reveal key risks, such as identifying assets with outdated configurations, unpatched vulnerabilities, or public-facing endpoints.

Why Watch the Webinar?

This webinar offers more than a product overview—it’s packed with actionable advice for improving your risk management strategy. Whether it’s learning to build custom risk scores, integrating data sources, or designing better queries, you’ll come away with tools and strategies to elevate your approach to risk prioritization.

Watch the webinar here.