Vulnerability Prioritisation & Remediation Advisory
Most teams produce more vulnerability data than they can remediate. The fix isn't more scanning — it's smarter prioritisation. Digital Defense delivers a 4-week prioritisation engagement that turns thousands of findings into a ranked, owned, SLA-tracked remediation plan using CVSS + EPSS + CISA KEV + business-context scoring.
Who needs this
Teams with massive vulnerability backlogs and no closure trajectory
Customers post-merger needing to harmonise multiple programmes
Audit-stress: a finding said 'thousands of unpatched CVEs'
Regulated entities needing demonstrable closure SLAs
Engineering teams pushing back on 'fix everything' demands
Problems we solve
- 01
CVSS-only ranking buries critical exploited-in-wild issues under irrelevant 'high' CVEs
- 02
No business-context: a critical CVE on a dev box ≠ same on prod
- 03
Owner unclear, SLA unclear, escalation unclear
- 04
Compensating controls not credited
- 05
Burn-down plan absent; backlog grows by 10x quarterly
Our methodology
- 1
Inventory consolidation
Merge findings from all sources (Tenable, Qualys, Rapid7, scanners, AppSec).
- 2
Risk scoring
CVSS + EPSS + CISA KEV + asset criticality + business-context = single rank.
- 3
Compensating controls
Credit WAF / segmentation / NGFW / MFA / EDR as risk-reducers.
- 4
Owner + SLA matrix
Per-asset-class owner + per-severity SLA + escalation chain.
- 5
Burn-down plan
Sprint-by-sprint plan with weekly tracking; closure evidence per item.
What you receive
Consolidated vulnerability inventory
Risk-scored backlog (top 100 + executive view)
Compensating controls evaluation
Owner + SLA matrix
12-week burn-down plan
Frequently asked questions
How is this different from running another scanner?
It's not about more data — it's about ranking the data you already have and turning it into an actionable plan with owners and SLAs.
What is EPSS and CISA KEV?
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) ranks the probability a CVE will be exploited in the wild. CISA KEV is the list of CVEs known-exploited. Together they're the strongest signal for prioritisation.
Will engineering accept the prioritised list?
We co-design the list with engineering leads so it reflects their reality (deployment windows, change-freeze, dependency chains). Acceptance rate has been >90% in our engagements.
Do you help execute the burn-down or just plan it?
Either — we deliver the plan, or we execute the burn-down as managed VMaaS.
How long is the engagement?
4-6 weeks for planning + scoring. Then ongoing as a managed retainer (typically quarterly review).
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