IONIX, a leader in cybersecurity specializing in protecting organizational attack surfaces, has announced the launch of the Cloud Exposure Validator—a solution designed to help security teams manage the overwhelming number of alerts generated daily by cloud security platforms like Wiz, Palo Alto, and Microsoft. The Cloud Exposure Validator prioritizes security alerts based on their severity and real-world impact, enabling organizations to allocate resources to address the most critical threats effectively.
Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) are grappling with the growing use of cloud environments and the dynamic nature of cloud infrastructures, which expand the attack surface. This challenge is compounded by the sheer volume of alerts, the involvement of multiple teams in managing vulnerabilities, and the lack of tools to make the alerts manageable through prioritization.
The Cloud Exposure Validator assists CISOs and their teams by integrating with cloud security tools and enriching findings with contextual information on avoidable vulnerabilities. It helps identify which alerts represent actual risks and how to address them effectively. Often, low-risk findings are reclassified as high-risk or critical based on their context, while some high-risk findings are deemed non-threatening due to their lack of external exposure, allowing organizations to ignore them.
This new tool builds on IONIX’s Cloud Cross-View, launched earlier this year. Cloud Cross-View integrates with public cloud environments, including AWS, GCP, and Azure, to provide a comprehensive view of external exposures, such as shadow IT, unintentional internet exposures, and supply chain risks within cloud assets. With the Validator, the exposures detected by IONIX can now be analyzed and verified in a relevant context.
Traditional cloud security tools often miss the perspective of external attackers and their potential impact. As a result, these tools sometimes misidentify legitimate internet exposures as potential threats. IONIX, however, prioritizes threats based on their actual exploitability and potential impact, considering the specific environment and behavior of external attackers.
By managing exposures and verifying traditional security findings from CSPM tools, the Cloud Exposure Validator enables cloud security teams to shift from addressing theoretical vulnerabilities to mitigating real-world threats across an organization’s infrastructure. This transition not only enhances overall security but also delivers tangible benefits, including risk reduction, resource optimization, and comprehensive security efficiency.