Pollysoft Automates EASM With Attaxion

Challenges

As a growing software development firm with a diverse technology stack, Pollysoft faces various inherent cybersecurity challenges daily.

Expanding Attack Surface

With multiple ongoing projects and a diverse set of clients, Pollysoft’s digital footprint is continuously expanding, and so is their external attack surface.

Pollysoft’s idea was to move toward automated processes for asset inventory and vulnerability management as, with every new project, it became more complex to keep the asset inventory up to date and manage vulnerabilities in the increasing number of assets. These tasks were taking time and effort that otherwise could have been dedicated to growing the business.

Establishing connections between assets to trace potential attack paths was another security activity they thought could be made more efficient.

Client Security Assurance

Pollysoft is legally responsible for delivering secure and compliant solutions to their clients. Additionally, Pollysoft is also looking to be in compliance with ISO 27001, a crucial standard for information security management.

When it comes to getting new clients, their reputation is a very important factor. In turn, delivering solutions that were never compromised plays a huge part in the overall reputation. 

As Pollysoft continues to grow, ensuring security is a challenging task, and they cannot compromise on their security standards.

“In less than a day after we signed up for Attaxion it already proved its value, discovering digital assets we didn’t even know that we had.” – Henrique Salcedo, IT Analyst at Pollysoft

Solution

To act on these identified areas for security improvement, Henrique Salcedo, IT Analyst at Pollysoft, proposed implementing an external attack surface management platform – Attaxion EASM. 

Attaxion offers a fully automated approach to discovering both known and unknown assets and scanning them for vulnerabilities. Attaxion also helps prioritize vulnerabilities and simplifies remediation.

Attaxion was especially attractive for Pollysoft for two reasons. On the one hand, it’s very easy to implement and provides value almost immediately after the initial setup. 

On the other hand, it offers extremely high asset coverage, so Pollysoft didn’t need to worry about having assets that were not accounted for.

Finally, Attaxion integrated with their existing tech stack. That meant they didn’t need to introduce new software or create additional integrations to get notifications and create support tickets for vulnerability remediation in a couple of clicks.

Results

While implementing Attaxion didn’t take much time and effort, the results that Henrique Salcedo and the team at Pollysoft attained were by no means small.

Full Visibility Into External Assets

With the Attaxion EASM platform, Pollysoft gained full and simplified visibility into their entire external attack surface. 

They were able to discover vulnerable assets faster, making sure proper security treatments were applied as soon as possible while reducing shadow IT risks.

Improved Efficiency

Henrique Salcedo used Attaxion to automate the asset inventory process, significantly reducing the time spent on this process. With Attaxion’s continuous monitoring, all they need to do is add new root assets to the list, and Attaxion takes care of the rest.

Instead of spending time on manual routines, the team was able to focus on prioritizing remediation for the most business-critical vulnerabilities, significantly improving Pollysoft’s security posture – and, consequently, that of their clients as well.

Increased Client Confidence 

Pollysoft can use Attaxion to provide reports to clients and prospects and show how they adhere to the information security best practices and are compliant with this or that standard. 

In turn, Pollysoft’s demonstrated control over their external attack surface helped them gain and reinforce the clients’ trust.