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Defensive & Compliance

Vulnerability Management Program

Turn scan noise into a program: ownership, SLAs, prioritization, and feedback loops that actually shrink real risk.

Design or improve vulnerability management and prioritization processes.

4–8 weeksMedium effort

Why teams engage us

Scanners produce thousands of findings; EPSS and CVSS alone do not explain business exposure. Without a program, teams burn out on patching trivia while critical paths stay open, or they freeze because nobody owns decisions. Offensive testing and VM often run on parallel tracks that never meet.

What we deliver

We design or refine your vulnerability management operating model: asset and scope clarity, discovery tooling roles, prioritization rubrics (including business context), SLAs, exception handling, and reporting. We align the program with how you patch, how applications ship, and how red team or pentest findings enter the same funnel.

How we run it

  1. Current-state: tooling, workflows, pain points, and sample backlog review
  2. Target model: policies, SLAs, ownership matrix, and risk rubric
  3. Pilot: run the model on a slice of the estate and tune
  4. Playbooks: exception process, emergency patching, vendor coordination
  5. Handoff: train owners and leave runbooks behind

Outcomes you can expect

  • Documented program with roles, metrics, and escalation paths
  • Prioritization model that blends technical severity with business context
  • Integration points with change management and development pipelines
  • Dashboard-ready KPIs leadership can understand

Why Evaluris

  • We tie VM to validated exploitability, not every finding deserves the same urgency.
  • Our offensive work shows where scanners systematically miss reality.
  • We focus on operational sustainability, not a shelf PDF.

Deliverables

  • Program design
  • Process documentation
  • Metrics and reporting

When it makes sense

  • New program
  • Scaling existing program
  • Integrating with offensive testing

FAQ

Do you replace our scanning tools?

Usually not. We help you use what you have more effectively, and advise when tooling gaps block the program. Tool churn is a last resort.

How do you handle cloud and on-prem together?

We define scope and ownership per platform, align to cloud provider responsibility models, and ensure the same prioritization rules apply everywhere findings land.

Can you integrate with Jira or ServiceNow?

Yes. Workflows should end up where your teams already work, we design ticket schemas, fields, and automation hooks accordingly.

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Tell us about your environment, timelines, and objectives, we will respond with a tailored proposal.

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