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Palo Alto Networks Xpanse Active Attack Surface Management Automatically Remediates Cyber Risks Before They Lead to Cyberattacks
New Cortex Xpanse features give organizations complete visibility and effortless control of their attack surfaces to discover, evaluate and address cyber
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[{"type":"text","content":"New Cortex Xpanse features give organizations complete visibility and effortless control of their attack surfaces to discover, evaluate and address cyber risks \nSANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cyberattackers today use highly automated methods to quickly find and exploit weaknesses in target organizations — sometimes within minutes of a new vulnerability being disclosed. Most security teams try to find these weaknesses, but because they are doing this with manual tools they quickly fall behind. Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW), the global cybersecurity leader, introduced a new Cortex® capability: Xpanse Active Attack Surface Management, or Xpanse Active ASM. This helps security teams not just actively find but also proactively fix their known and unknown internet-connected risks. Xpanse Active ASM equips organizations with automation to give them the edge over attackers.\n\"While the fundamental need for attack surface management hasn't changed, the threat landscape today is much different. Organizations need an active defense system that operates faster than attackers can,\" said Matt Kraning, chief technology officer of Cortex for Palo Alto Networks. \"As the leader and pioneer in the ASM market, we realize that customers need complete, accurate, and timely discovery and remediation of risky exposures in their internet-connected systems. With Xpanse Active ASM, we give defenders the ability not only to see their exposures instantly but also to shut them down automatically with no human labor required.\"\nAvailable today, Xpanse Active ASM gives organizations the following tools and capabilities:\nActive Discovery: Attackers use frequent, automated probes to find vulnerable and/or exposed assets, and organizations need tools that allow them to have the same visibility. Active Discovery refreshes its internet-scale database several times a day and uses supervised machine learning to accurately map these vulnerabilities back to an organization. This helps them get an outside-in view of their network — the same view attackers have.Active Learning: Xpanse continuously processes discovery data, mapping new systems to the people responsible for each system. Active Learning continuously analyzes and maps the streamed discovery data to understand and prioritize top risks in real time. As a result, customers can stay...