BACKGROUND

The present disclosure relates generally to addressing cybersecurity vulnerabilities, and more particularly to organizing, scoring, presenting, and applying solutions to cybersecurity vulnerabilities with efficacy.

This section is intended to introduce the reader to various aspects of art that may be related to various aspects of the present disclosure, which are described and/or claimed below. This discussion is believed to be helpful in providing the reader with background information to facilitate a better understanding of the various aspects of the present disclosure. Accordingly, it should be understood that these statements are to be read in this light, and not as admissions of prior art.

Organizations, regardless of size, rely upon access to information technology (IT) and data and services for their continued operation and success. A respective organization's IT infrastructure may have associated hardware resources (e.g. computing devices, load balancers, firewalls, switches, etc.) and software resources (e.g. productivity software, database applications, custom applications, and so forth). Over time, more and more organizations have turned to cloud computing approaches to supplement or enhance their IT infrastructure solutions.

Cloud computing relates to the sharing of computing resources that are generally accessed via the Internet. In particular, a cloud computing infrastructure allows users, such as individuals and/or enterprises, to access a shared pool of computing resources, such as servers, storage devices, networks, applications, and/or other computing based services. By doing so, users are able to access computing resources on demand that are located at remote locations, which resources may be used to perform a variety of computing functions (e.g., storing and/or processing large quantities of computing data). For enterprise and other organization users, cloud computing provides flexibility in accessing cloud computing resources without accruing large up-front costs, such as purchasing expensive network equipment or investing large amounts of time in establishing a private network infrastructure. Instead, by utilizing cloud computing resources, users are able redirect their resources to focus on their enterprise's core functions.

Various components (e.g., computers, routers, devices, pieces of software, database tables, scripts, webpages, pieces of metadata, database instances, server instances, services, and so forth) of, for example, a client network and/or client devices may be targeted by malicious entities and develop cybersecurity vulnerabilities. To address these vulnerabilities, a variety of solutions may be developed. However, searching for the applicable solutions, determining the risks involved in not applying each solution, determining a solution from among those available, and determining the impact of applying each solution on other cybersecurity vulnerabilities, may be a tedious, time-consuming, expensive, and ultimately inefficient process.

SUMMARY

A summary of certain embodiments disclosed herein is set forth below. It should be understood that these aspects are presented merely to provide the reader with a brief summary of these certain embodiments and that these aspects are not intended to limit the scope of this disclosure. Indeed, this disclosure may encompass a variety of aspects that may not be set forth below.

Solution management systems and methods (e.g., in the context of a cloud-based platform) are presently disclosed that enable receiving, compiling, and analyzing solutions, determining the solutions that address a target vulnerability of, for example, a client network and/or client devices, determining additional vulnerabilities of the client network and/or client devices that the solutions address, and selecting a solution to address the target vulnerability. The presently disclosed systems and methods also enable scoring, risk evaluation, and additional metrics to gauge the impact and/or efficacy of each solution across the client network and/or client devices.

Various refinements of the features noted above may exist in relation to various aspects of the present disclosure. Further features may also be incorporated in these various aspects as well. These refinements and additional features may exist individually or in any combination. For instance, various features discussed below in relation to one or more of the illustrated embodiments may be incorporated into any of the above-described aspects of the present disclosure alone or in any combination. The brief summary presented above is intended only to familiarize the reader with certain aspects and contexts of embodiments of the present disclosure without limitation to the claimed subject matter.

