Lightspin, the top cloud security solution provider for SaaS companies, has launched its latest innovation: the Remediation Hub. This powerful new feature is part of Lightspin’s cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) and represents an evolution of its root cause analysis capabilities. The Remediation Hub enables users to dynamically remediate the most critical risks in their cloud environments at scale. This allows organizations to identify and address the most pressing security threats swiftly.
Lightspin’s proprietary algorithm evaluates the root cause of all risks detected in a cloud environment, such as vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and identity risks. It then prioritizes remediation steps based on a quantified risk score and proposes a solution to the root cause. Lightspin is the only CNAPP solution to offer dynamic guardrails for DevOps in its remediation process. This allows security teams to easily see how much their cloud environment’s security score will improve with each remediation action.
Take, for example, a real-world scenario where a cloud environment has an unpatched image as its root cause risk source. This image has 100 vulnerabilities and is used by five EC2 instances. Most tools would flag 500 vulnerabilities to be fixed. However, with Lightspin’s root cause analysis, the security team can identify that only one action is necessary: fixing the image.
“Our Remediation Hub was born out of the overwhelming positive customer response to our root cause analysis feature. The Remediation Hub expands on our industry-leading capabilities and helps maximize remediation depth and breadth for overlapping critical issues discovered, thus improving efficiency and reducing the time spent on one-off fixes. By providing the much-needed context, the Remediation Hub allows users to reduce the most risk with minimum actions.”
Vladi Sandler, co-founder, and CEO of Lightspin
While other cloud security tools push automated corrective remediation in users’ public clouds, this approach can inadvertently increase risk and create more issues if not executed with care. Lightspin’s Remediation Hub takes a different approach, offering recommended remediation with the flexibility for teams to either apply these fixes directly or modify them to suit their requirements.
The Remediation Hub integrates seamlessly with ticketing management platforms like Jira and ServiceNow. This allows security teams to assign owners and track results directly from the platform dashboard. By centralizing Lightspin’s recommended actions and discovered remediations, security teams can simplify and streamline their workflows. Thus, making it easier to address and understand the root cause of vulnerabilities in their cloud environments.
Lightspin’s Remediation Hub is a game-changing addition to the cloud security landscape. It empowers organizations to dynamically remediate critical risks and streamline their workflows, leading to a more secure and efficient cloud environment.