ServiceNow and XM Cyber: Enhancing Cybersecurity Risk Management With Attack Path Analysis
ServiceNow and XM Cyber Partner to Transform Cybersecurity Risk Management
ServiceNow and XM Cyber have announced a groundbreaking integration that revolutionizes how organizations manage cybersecurity risks by combining ServiceNow's structured workflow platform with XM Cyber's attack path analysis capabilities. This partnership represents a significant advancement in modern enterprise cyber risk management strategies.
The partnership addresses a critical gap in traditional security approaches by enabling teams to visualize how attackers could chain together vulnerabilities to compromise critical assets, rather than treating each security issue in isolation.
A New Dimension in Vulnerability Management
The integration adds a fourth dimension to ServiceNow's existing three-dimensional security framework of severity, asset criticality, and exploitability. This new dimension reveals how vulnerabilities interconnect across systems to create potential attack paths, enhancing comprehensive technology risk management practices.
"Attackers don't see a neatly ordered queue of tickets. They see stepping stones," explains Elad Niddam Nir, Posture Product Lead at XM Cyber. "A medium-severity flaw on a forgotten server might not look urgent in a dashboard, yet it could be the bridge that leads straight to a mission-critical system."
The combined solution enriches ServiceNow's Vulnerability Response (VR) and Security Incident Response (SIR) platforms with attack graph analysis, allowing security teams to prioritize threats based on their actual potential impact on critical business assets.
Real-World Applications and Benefits
The integration delivers several key enhancements to ServiceNow's capabilities:
- Incident context enhancement through attack-graph visualization
- Risk-based prioritization of vulnerability tickets
- Enriched Configuration Management Database (CMDB) asset profiles
- Advanced security posture control incorporating attack path analysis
Organizations implementing effective information security risk management systems can now focus their remediation efforts on vulnerabilities that pose the greatest risk to critical systems, rather than simply working through issues based on technical severity ratings alone.
Practical Implementation for Organizations
This new model for managing risk offers three key benefits for organizations:
- More efficient resource allocation by targeting vulnerabilities that create actual attack paths
- Improved collaboration between IT and security teams through clear evidence-based ticketing
- Better protection of critical assets by blocking real-world attack vectors
The integration represents a significant shift in how organizations approach cybersecurity risk management, moving from a reactive ticket-based system to a proactive risk reduction model that considers the full context of potential threats.
Using this information, organizations can:
- Prioritize security efforts based on actual risk to critical assets
- Improve communication between security and IT teams
- Make more informed decisions about resource allocation
- Better protect their most valuable digital assets
For more information about attack path management and its impact on cybersecurity, visit the MITRE ATT&CK Framework.
