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Mandiant Advantage (discontinued)

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What is Mandiant Advantage (discontinued)?

Mandiant Advantage was a security validation solution used to test the efficacy of security controls with authentic, relevant and active attacks. Mandiant was acquired by Google in late 2022, and since, the product line has been discontinued.

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One of the best security validation provider in the industry

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Mandiant provides assurance about current security posture of an organisation with the best practices. In the cyber security world, there are plethora of cyber security companies and tools available but Mandiant stands out among them because of their good technology and people expertise. It helps us in continuously measure and valudate our security effectiveness against adversaries.

Pros

  • Testing of security controls
  • Mitigation of Risk
  • Return of investment

Cons

  • Manpower Cost
  • More emphasis on automated testing comparison to manual testing
  • Need more emphasis on simulation of real world attacks

Return on Investment

  • Helps achieving compliance objectives
  • Increase in stakeholders trust on their personal data security
  • Compliance with internal policies and external regulations
  • Increase return on investment

Alternatives Considered

Cymulate

Usability

Other Software Used

Tenable Vulnerability Management, SAP Ariba Procurement, Archer Integrated Risk Management Platform

A Powerful Tool for Protecting Your Digital Assets

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Mandiant ASM aims to give businesses the ability to manage their attack surface, which includes internet facing assets, cloud resources and third party providers. With this they can identify and classify vulnerabilities and exposures on this surface through vulnerability regulation. It also gives them powerful threat information that indicates Mandiant ASM’s capabilities of tracking and responding to emerging threats. Employers can leverage these benefits to guide customers in adhering to sets of rules.

Pros

  • Mandiant ASM combines sources of information such, as assets through the internet cloud resources and suppliers from third parties. This comprehensive approach provides organizations with an understanding of their external attack surface.
  • With scanning Mandiant ASM identifies threats and vulnerabilities present on the external attack surface and promptly notifies users. Whenever a new threat or vulnerability is detected an alert is generated to empower enterprises to take action in mitigating the risks.
  • Mandiant ASM assesses risks based on their likelihood of exploitation impact on organizations and severity. This prioritization enables organizations to focus their efforts, on addressing the risks effectively.

Cons

  • To enhance user experience it would be beneficial to make the interface more user friendly and easier to navigate. This can be achieved by simplifying the layout offering help when needed and utilizing terminology that's easily understandable.
  • Additionally incorporating reporting features that are customizable will empower users to generate reports tailored to their individual requirements.
  • In order to enhance the solutions efficiency optimizing the code and implementing data structures would prove valuable.

Return on Investment

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  • Automation plays a role in saving time by streamlining operations related to attack surface management. These include automated asset discovery, vulnerability scanning and continuous monitoring of threat intelligence. As a result security teams can allocate their efforts towards projects such as security planning and incident response.
  • ASM provides a view of the external attack surface, for businesses encompassing internet facing assets, cloud resources and third party vendors. This enhances the understanding of assets enabling organizations to identify and prioritize risks effectively and make decisions on security investments
  • One notable advantage is cost savings. By eliminating the need to purchase and maintain security tools ASM becomes a solution for enterprises. It can replace products, like asset discovery tools, vulnerability management tools and threat intelligence feeds with its capabilities.

Alternatives Considered

CrowdStrike Falcon

Really solid and helpful time saver for security, but could be better

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We need to get a full look across all networks to improve our visibility and identify all attack surfaces vs our controls in-place to protect against them. Getting clear visibility to where threats are due to any type of control deficiency - unpatched vulnerability, IT scope creep, unauthorized system added to our network, etc. Super helpful!

Pros

  • Network visibility
  • Scaling
  • Threat Intel
  • Monitoring

Cons

  • Portal / Dashboard
  • Integration across tools
  • System resources efficiency

Return on Investment

  • High ROI
  • Great visibility
  • Resource Intensive

Alternatives Considered

Cortex Xpanse by Palo Alto Networks

Usability

Other Software Used

Cortex Xpanse by Palo Alto Networks, Microsoft Defender for Business, CrowdStrike Falcon

Help us to improve our security

Pros

  • The product's simulated attack tests helped identify security gaps in company networks.
  • Helped finding drifts in security controls and IT environment.
  • Provided actual data to support decision making.

Cons

  • We had some software confliction issue during install.

Return on Investment

  • Help data-driven and informed decision making.
  • Improve company security postures.
  • Visualization

Alternatives Considered

Nmap

Usability

Other Software Used

Nmap