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Network risk: is your security foundation built on sand?


Phil Lewis, SVP of market strategy and development at Titania, discusses


As security teams accelerate Zero Trust programmes and adopt AI- powered threat detection tools, some still miss critical vulnerabilities in physical and virtual devices such as firewalls, switches, routers and wireless access points — leaving the door wide open for attackers. Why? Because even the most


advanced network security technologies are only as strong as the hybrid network infrastructure they rely on. And in too many organisations, vulnerabilities in network devices persist because cybersecurity techniques like network scanning, pattern matching and policy management can’t see them.


MISCONFIGURATION IS THE WEAK LINK Misconfigurations — such as open ports, forgotten rules or default credentials — are the most common vulnerabilities exploited today. The Salt Typhoon group, for


example, is said to have penetrated high-value networks in 80 countries, exploiting routers to move laterally


and exfiltrate sensitive data. Those devices were unmonitored and often misconfigured, which made them perfect conduits. Modern adversaries ‘live off the


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BUILDING RESILIENCE True resilience starts with visibility. You cannot protect what you cannot see. Regulations like DORA and NIS2 and frameworks like Zero Trust are driving a shift from reactive vulnerability management to proactive threat exposure management. This involves understanding industry-specific risks and ensuring foundational principles like network segmentation and least privilege access are continuously enforced.


CONTROL THE CONTROLLABLES This proactive approach enables companies to focus on the vulnerabilities that they can control


rather than the external threats that they cannot. By creating an attack path map combining configuration analysis with the tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) used by adversaries, you can identify the few vulnerabilities that pose a critical threat to your network and prioritise remediation.


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HARDEN YOUR FOUNDATIONS BEFORE ATTACKERS EXPLOIT THE CRACKS Find and fix your exposure to critical threats by locking down the basics at scale. Titania’s award-winning Nipper solutions strengthen your foundational network security and support your ongoing evolution in preemptive cybersecurity. Because in a world where access


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