About AVARS

AVARS stands for "Automated Vulnerability Assessment and Reporting Services". As the name implies, this unique service helps organizations to scan and assess vulnerabilities in their webfacing IT assets.

Automated Vulnerability Assessment and Reporting Services (AVARS)

Vulnerability Assessment

Vulnerability Assessment is an integral part of any Information Security Risk Management program. 'Critical" vulnerabilities are present in software and systems and thus prone to exploitation, in other words IT systems are prone to hacking. Understanding and taking actions to these potential security breaches will help protect your business and build customer confidence.

Vulnerability Management

New vulnerabilities are discovered almost daily. Hence, it is very important that organizations identify them quickly and apply necessary patches. Managing vulnerabilities is a continual task.

There are three important factors that an organization needs to consider pertaining to "Vulnerability Management"

  • 1. The time taken to perform regular and periodical vulnerability assessments and the resources required;
  • 2. The cost of vulnerability assessment and reporting exercise;
  • 3. The transparency of the "vulnerability management" program to the management, stakeholders, customers and compliance auditors.

AVARS provides

Automated Scanning and Reporting

The process of manually scanning and reporting the vulnerabilities in IT systems (operating systems, applications and networking devices) is labor intensive and is a tedious process. Such a manual process is also prone to errors due to variances in interpretation of scanning results. AVARS provides automated scanning and reporting using regularly updated database of the published vulnerabilities. By utilizing pre-built reporting templates the system provides consistent reports.

On demand and cost effective scanning through Internet

The system can be used to schedule scans at pre-defined interval such as daily, weekly, monthly and so on. Since the service is delivered through the centralized scanning server, the cost of scanning will be much lesser compared to manual scanning efforts.

Compliance and Third Party Certification

An organization need to demonstrate compliance with various regulations, legal requirements and information security standards as part of data protection / data privacy requirements. The vulnerability management program based on AVARS is an approved methodology as per Det Norske Veritas, DNV - Verified Superior Information Security Practice and your organization can secure a Certification for your Vulnerability management program from DNV giving greater confidence to your customers and users.