COMPARISON/Research vs scanning

Security research vs vulnerability management: a score is not the impact

Vulnerability management lists known issues on a schedule. The workspace tests a hypothesis on the live app or in the source and keeps the proof on the finding.

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A scanner answers “what is known.” Research answers “what did this do.”

Vulnerability management is still the right buy when you need a broad CVE catalog. Trusteed is the workspace around a specific investigation: Web for apps and APIs, Source for local code, GitHub, and GitLab, then Cloud and Workspace when those estates are in scope. The loop repeats when they change.

Question

Vulnerability management

Trusteed

Output

A scored list of known issues

A finding with reproduction steps and impact

Cadence

The next scheduled scan

The next change on a connected surface

Where it looks

Assets you already listed

Web, source, cloud, and workspace

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How vulnerability management differs from investigating in the workspace.

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What does vulnerability management produce?

A scored list of known issues on assets you already track, usually on a schedule.

What does Trusteed produce?

A finding with reproduction steps and proof of impact, from a test on a live app, an API, or source. The pass runs again when that surface changes.