The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, commonly known by its acronym, Agency, stands as a pillar of the U.S. government’s efforts to bolster national cyber and physical infrastructure. The agency publish the KEV catalogue analysing the top vulnerabilities to exploit.
Established to defend against the increasing cyber threats, CISA has become synonymous with resilience, protection, and digital integrity.
CWE offers a taxonomy of software weaknesses that could lead to exploits. The vulenrabilities in the KEV catalogue can be classified in methodologies of attacks and that information can be correlate to attackers groups
The KEV catalogue and CWE serve as complementary tools for vulnerability management and application security. While KEV provides a comprehensive list of vulnerabilities, CWE offers a taxonomy of software weaknesses that could lead to exploits. The synergy between the two lies in their joint analysis of attack methodologies. KEV identifies the vulnerabilities most likely to be exploited, and CWE categorizes the types of weaknesses that make these exploits possible. For vulnerability management, understanding this correlation aids in prioritizing which vulnerabilities to patch based on the attack methodologies they are susceptible to. In the realm of application security, the combined insights from KEV and CWE inform coding practices to mitigate specific types of weaknesses that are commonly exploited. In summary, the correlation between those two dataset provides a nuanced understanding of attack methodologies, enhancing both vulnerability management and application security.
Recent analysis from Mitre on CISA KEV and Top25/CWE has highlighted interesting patterns. Analysing the CISA KEV and cross-correlating it with available exploits and methods of attacks can lead to interesting insights and is worth considering as a data point for both application security and vulnerability management. ASPM tools are there to help with this analysis
Recent analysis from Mitre on CISA KEV and Top25/CWE has highlighted interesting patterns. This section describes the CWE that CISA KEV (methodologies of attacks) is mapped to and the exploits available across 2022 and 2023
The CISA KEV catalogue serves as a critical tool for identifying vulnerabilities that are ripe for exploitation. One of its standout features is its ability to correlate these vulnerabilities with specific methodologies of attacks, such as phishing, SQL injection, or ransomware. For vulnerability management, this correlation is invaluable as it allows organizations to prioritize patching efforts based on the types of attacks their systems are most susceptible to. In the realm of application security, understanding the methodologies of attacks that KEV highlights informs coding practices to mitigate these specific types of risks. Essentially, KEV provides a roadmap for both vulnerability management and application security by linking vulnerabilities to attack methodologies. This enables organizations to tailor their security measures more effectively, targeting the vulnerabilities that are most likely to be exploited using specific attack methods
This section explores the method of attacks and how they evolved over the years (CWE Dataset)
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Derek Fisher – Head of product security at a global fintech. Speaker, instructor, and author in application security.
Derek is an award winning author of a children’s book series in cybersecurity as well as the author of “The Application Security Handbook.” He is a university instructor at Temple University where he teaches software development security to undergraduate and graduate students. He is a speaker on topics in the cybersecurity space and has led teams, large and small, at organizations in the healthcare and financial industries. He has built and matured information security teams as well as implemented organizational information security strategies to reduce the organizations risk.
Derek got his start in the hardware engineering space where he learned about designing circuits and building assemblies for commercial and military applications. He later pursued a computer science degree in order to advance a career in software development. This is where Derek was introduced to cybersecurity and soon caught the bug. He found a mentor to help him grow in cybersecurity and then pursued a graduate degree in the subject.
Since then Derek has worked in the product security space as an architect and leader. He has led teams to deliver more secure software in organizations from multiple industries. His focus has been to raise the security awareness of the engineering organization while maintaining a practice of secure code development, delivery, and operations.
In his role, Jeevan handles a range of tasks, from architecting security solutions to collaborating with Engineering Leadership to address security vulnerabilities at scale and embed security into the fabric of the organization.
Jeevan Singh is the Director of Security Engineering at Rippling, with a background spanning various Engineering and Security leadership roles over the course of his career. He’s dedicated to the integration of security practices into software development, working to create a security-aware culture within organizations and imparting security best practices to the team.
In his role, Jeevan handles a range of tasks, from architecting security solutions to collaborating with Engineering Leadership to address security vulnerabilities at scale and embed security into the fabric of the organization.
James Berthoty has over ten years of experience across product and security domains. He founded Latio Tech to help companies find the right security tools for their needs without vendor bias.
Chris Romeo is a leading voice and thinker in application security, threat modeling, and security champions and the CEO of Devici and General Partner at Kerr Ventures. Chris hosts the award-winning “Application Security Podcast,” “The Security Table,” and “The Threat Modeling Podcast” and is a highly rated industry speaker and trainer, featured at the RSA Conference, the AppSec Village @ DefCon, OWASP Global AppSec, ISC2 Security Congress, InfoSec World and All Day DevOps. Chris founded Security Journey, a security education company, leading to an exit in 2022. Chris was the Chief Security Advocate at Cisco, spreading security knowledge through education and champion programs. Chris has twenty-six years of security experience, holding positions across the gamut, including application security, security engineering, incident response, and various Executive roles. Chris holds the CISSP and CSSLP certifications.
Jim Manico is the founder of Manicode Security, where he trains software developers on secure coding and security engineering. Jim is also the founder of Brakeman Security, Inc. and an investor/advisor for Signal Sciences. He is the author of Iron-Clad Java: Building Secure Web Applications (McGraw-Hill), a frequent speaker on secure software practices, and a member of the JavaOne Rockstar speaker community. Jim is also a volunteer for and former board member of the OWASP foundation.
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