Fully Managed Vulnerability Scanning Service
You don’t need to manage vulnerability scanning yourself. With our Vulnerability Scanning Service, we regularly scan your systems, websites, and infrastructure using industry-standard tools to detect potential vulnerabilities early. Our expert team takes care of the entire vulnerability management process—identifying and assessing threats in real time, so you can stay ahead of risks without the hassle.
Find & Fix Vulnerabilities With Continuous Vulnerability Scanning
Our expert-led Managed Vulnerability Scanning Service helps you stay ahead of security risks without the need to manage the process in-house. Cyber threats move fast—and if you’re only scanning once or twice a year, you could be left exposed to easily exploitable vulnerabilities for months at a time.
As your business evolves and your digital infrastructure changes, new potential vulnerabilities can appear daily. We provide regular scans combined with expert oversight, so issues are spotted and addressed early—before attackers can take advantage.
Our Managed Vulnerability Scanning Service offers:
- Ongoing vulnerability assessments, using industry-standard vulnerability scanners to detect weaknesses across your network and applications.
- Expert-managed scanning and analysis, giving you clear reports and helping you prioritise fixes using the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
- Compliance-focused results, supporting standards like PCI DSS and helping you meet your regulatory and security obligations.
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What is vulnerability scanning?
Vulnerability scanning is the process of checking your systems, applications, and network for security vulnerabilities that could be exploited by attackers. Using automated vulnerability scanners, these scans identify issues such as open ports, outdated software, and misconfigurations.
The results are compared against known threats and scored using the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) to help you understand which weaknesses pose the greatest risk. It’s a key part of any effective vulnerability management system. Our advanced web security scanner also examines your applications and infrastructure for weaknesses, including known risks in open source components.
Cybercriminals use similar scanning tools to search for easy entry points. If you’re not running regular scans, you could be leaving potential vulnerabilities exposed without realising it. That’s why continuous vulnerability scanning is essential—it supports compliance, protects your systems, and helps secure your infrastructure before threats become real problems.
What Are the Benefits of Managed Vulnerability Scanning?
Relying on ad hoc or in-house vulnerability scanning can leave gaps—especially without the right tools, expertise, or consistency. Managed vulnerability scanning offers a structured, expert-led approach that helps you detect and respond to threats more effectively, supporting a stronger and more resilient security posture.
Minimise Risk Between Penetration Tests
Penetration testing is a vital part of any Cyber Security strategy—but it’s not continuous. Managed vulnerability scanning (VMaaS) adds a critical layer of ongoing protection. It identifies new or emerging threats in real time, helping you reduce your window of exposure between manual tests.
Scan When You Need To
With Equilibrium Security, you’re in control. Choose how often you scan—daily, weekly, monthly—based on the importance of each system or application. This flexible approach means your vulnerability management is tailored to your business, not the other way around.
Free Up Internal Resources
Running vulnerability scans and reviewing results regularly can be time-consuming and resource-intensive. Our managed vulnerability service eases this load by providing expert support and continuous oversight. This means your team can prioritise fixing issues and strengthening defences, rather than spending time locating them.
Stay Ahead with Proactive Cyber Hygiene
Attackers often target open ports, outdated systems, and misconfigurations. Our vulnerability assessment service helps uncover these security vulnerabilities early, giving you clear visibility into your threat landscape and supporting a stronger, more proactive defence.
Align with Industry Standards
Regular vulnerability scanning is widely recognised as best practice across industry standards like PCI DSS, ISO 27001 and GDPR. In highly regulated sectors, scanning is often expected to demonstrate due diligence and support compliance efforts.
Get Clear, Actionable Results
Our scanning reports are designed to highlight the most critical vulnerabilities first, so your team knows where to focus. With expert insight and clear next steps, you can respond quickly and effectively to reduce risk across your environment.
What Types of Vulnerabilities Can Be Detected?
A Cyber Security vulnerability scan plays a vital role in uncovering weaknesses that attackers could exploit. By assessing configurations, network exposure, and outdated software, a vulnerability management system reveals the gaps that can compromise your Cyber Security posture. Whether you’re scanning traditional infrastructure or web-facing applications, these insights help guide effective remediation and risk reduction.
- Weak system configurations
Common in network setups, often uncovered during infrastructure vulnerability scanning.
- Outdated or unpatched software
This includes applications and OS versions missing critical security updates.
- Insecure access controls
Including default or weak credentials, especially in remote access points.
- Public-facing vulnerabilities
Risks revealed by external network vulnerability scans on websites and exposed services
- Denial of service (DoS) risks
Flaws that could be exploited to overload systems or interrupt operations.
- Application-level threats
Including SQL injection and XSS vulnerabilities often found in web-facing platforms.
- Open ports and exposed services
Entry points frequently flagged in remote vulnerability scans.
- Unpatched open source components
Widely used code libraries with known issues.
What Is the Difference Between a Pentest and Vulnerability Scan?
Penetration testing and vulnerability scanning are often confused, but they serve distinct—yet complementary—functions. While a Cyber Security vulnerability scan focuses on identifying and reporting known weaknesses across your environment, a penetration test simulates real-world attacks to actively exploit them. Used together, they reduce risk and close the gap between threats and remediation, especially when supported by managed vulnerability scanning.
Vulnerability Scanning
- An ongoing process for identifying known security weaknesses.
- Identifies potential vulnerabilities across networks, systems, and applications
- Conducted using automated vulnerability scanning tools on a regular basis
- Ideal for continuous vulnerability scanning and routine security checks
- Helps reduce the risk window between penetration tests
- Forms part of a broader vulnerability management programme
Penetration Testing
- A manual, in-depth assessment to actively exploit vulnerabilities.
- Simulates a real-world cyber attack to test defences
- Identifies how attackers could chain security vulnerabilities to gain access
- Complements scanning by testing the real-world impact of vulnerabilities
- More detailed and scenario-based than a vulnerability scan
- Typically performed at scheduled intervals (e.g. annually or quarterly)
What Is The Managed Vulnerability Scanning Service Process?
- 1. Assess: The process starts with identifying and cataloguing potential vulnerabilities across your environment. This often includes vulnerability scanning of internal assets, web applications, and infrastructure vulnerability scanning to highlight weaknesses in local systems and cloud-based services.
- 2. Prioritise: Once identified, each vulnerability is evaluated using frameworks like the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) to determine severity and business impact. This ensures you can focus on high-risk threats first, maximising the benefits of vulnerability management as a service.
- 3. Act: Mitigation steps may include patching outdated systems, reconfiguring open ports, or updating software. While remediation is typically handled by your internal team, Equilibrium’s managed vulnerability scanning service provides expert advice and guidance to help you prioritise and respond effectively.
- 4. Reassess After fixes are applied, a new vulnerability scan checks that everything is working as expected and that previous issues have been dealt with. This also helps spot any new problems that may have appeared.
- 5. Improve Security is not a one-off task. With continuous vulnerability scanning, regular updates, and access to threat intelligence, you can stay ahead of risks and meet key industry standards over time.
What stood out most was the clarity of information and the team’s clear, straightforward communication throughout the process. Equilibrium has given us greater confidence in our business continuity, and we would absolutely recommend them to others seeking Cyber Security services. They made the entire process simple, and their findings were clearly and effectively communicated.
Ryan Ginty
Managing Director, Auger Torque
Vulnerability Management from Equilibrium Security
At Equilibrium Security, we act as your dedicated Cyber Security partner, helping you build and maintain a strong defence through intelligent, ongoing vulnerability management. Whether you’re struggling with resource constraints, compliance pressure, or simply need a clearer view of your risk exposure, our services are designed to meet you where you are.
Our highly qualified team brings deep expertise in threat and vulnerability management, helping you detect issues early, prioritise action, and make meaningful progress toward long-term resilience.
- Identify, manage, and prioritise your most serious security vulnerabilities before they can be exploited
- Gain clarity with expert-led support, regular scans, and straightforward vulnerability scan reports
- Access trusted advice, not just data — from a UK-based, CREST-accredited team
- Improve your cyber posture with a structured, ongoing approach rather than ad hoc fixes
- Leverage our guidance on vulnerability assessment tools and vulnerability testing to strengthen your existing security stack