The European Space Agency sought to upgrade their IT security systems to better manage vulnerabilities and incidents. They selected Secunia's Vulnerability Intelligence Manager to provide real-time vulnerability intelligence and alerts. The solution delivers targeted vulnerability information matched to ESA's assets. It enables the CERT team to rapidly inform others about new vulnerabilities, significantly reducing risks and potential IT problems. The Vulnerability Intelligence Manager has strengthened ESA's IT security through timely delivery of intelligence and reports.

1. The European Space Agency Strengthens IT
Security With Secunia’sVulnerability Intelligence
Manager
The European Space Agency (ESA) develops and promotes the European space program, research
technologies, and policy for exploration of our planet, solar system and the surrounding universe.
Headquartered in Paris, France, ESA includes twenty Member States and other cooperating nations,
which pool their intellectual and financial resources to shape European space research.
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To sustain their current research pace and best serve
Europe’s citizens, the European Space Agency decided
to upgrade their IT security systems.The IT department
sought an intelligent vulnerability management solution
that would improve risk mitigation for the organization’s
networks, and grant the CERT team and system
administrators better understanding of the latest IT
vulnerabilities for the whole of ESA.
When gathering new vulnerability data, it was standard
procedure for ESA IT personnel to subscribe to different
security vendor services, receive emails, and visit
vendor websites. CERT specialists would then use this
information to detect, prevent, and manage IT incidents.
“The information procurement process took a long time
to be properly completed and it was exposed to human,
procedural, and technical errors”, said Angelika Mann,
ESA CERT Service Manager
Business Challenge
“TheVIM provides our CERT
team the timely vulnerability
information they need to focus
on managing IT incidents,
rather than hunting down
information,”
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- said Angelika Mann, ESA CERT Service Manager
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2. ESA CERT experts chose Secunia’s vulnerability
solution for a variety of reasons.TheVIM provided a
targeted selection of vulnerabilities that matched the
organization’s assets, and promptly informed subscribers
about new critical security vulnerabilities through email
or SMS.
The SecuniaVIM also offered ESA the choice to receive
IT security monthly reports on specific assets, and a
list of vulnerabilities in different formats such as XML
and RSS feed.Additionally, IT could search for historical
vulnerabilities related to a specific system.
The Secunia solution enables ESA’s CERT specialists to
rapidly inform the organization’s technical community of
new vulnerabilities — significantly reducing risk exposure
and potential IT incidents.With its intuitive administration
and customer-friendly graphical user interface, theVIM
provides both superior vulnerability intelligence and
timesaving benefits.
TheVIM also supplies real-time vulnerability alerts and
monthly IT security reports for ESA’s corporate assets,
allowing the CERT team to improve their proactive
security measures and remain vigilant.
Results
The European Space Agency has strengthened
and improved the efficiency of their IT security
with the SecuniaVulnerability Intelligence
Manager.
Solution
To mitigate IT risks, the European Space
Agency selected the SecuniaVulnerability
Intelligence Manager (VIM), the vulnerability
intelligence solution with real-time vulnerability
intelligence, IT threat prioritization, and
comprehensive reporting.
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The ESA CERT team strengthened
IT security with
• The SecuniaVulnerability Intelligence Manager
(VIM)
• Real-time, targeted vulnerability intelligence
• Rapid & efficient delivery of vulnerability
alerts
• Significant reduction of risk exposure
& IT incidents
• Monthly IT security reports and vulnerability
lists
• Intuitive administration and easy-to-use tool
interface