June 12, 2025 3 Minute Read

Understanding and mitigating vulnerabilities is paramount for any organization. Trustwave's Managed Vulnerability Scanning (MVS) offers a comprehensive solution to help businesses stay ahead of potential risks and ensure proper database protection. But what exactly is MVS, and how can it benefit your organization?

We've compiled answers to seven key questions about Trustwave MVS, providing a clear overview of its capabilities, benefits, and how it stands out from the crowd.

Q1: What is the Managed Vulnerability Scanning (MVS) offering?

Trustwave's managed vulnerability scanning service provides a programmatic approach to vulnerability management. It focuses on consistently identifying and addressing vulnerabilities across your organization's databases, networks, and applications. MVS takes the heavy lifting out of vulnerability scanning by managing all aspects of the process to help you achieve your security goals.

This comprehensive service includes:

• Setup: Getting your scanning environment configured correctly.
• Scheduling: Planning and executing scans at optimal times.
• Running Scans: Conducting thorough vulnerability assessments.
• Reviewing Results: Analyzing scan outcomes to identify risks.
• Sharing Agreed Reports: Providing actionable insights through tailored reports.

Beyond these core services, Trustwave also assists in:

• Providing visibility into high and critical vulnerabilities: Pinpointing the most urgent threats.
• Defining your organization's risk posture: Understanding your overall security standing.
• Identifying visibility into IT assets and associated vulnerabilities: Knowing what you have and where it's vulnerable.
• Providing expertise by the SpiderLabs research team: Leveraging cutting-edge threat intelligence.

Q2: What is Trustwave’s Managed Scan Service?

Trustwave’s Managed Scan offering is a human-led service primarily focused on Network Scanning Only. This service includes the necessary scanning license and is generally less expensive with more limited reporting compared to the full MVS service.

Scanning frequencies for the Managed Scan Service, all delivered through the Trustwave Fusion platform, include:

• One-time
• Quarterly
• Monthly
• Weekly

Q3: What are the customer benefits of the MVS offering?

The MVS offering delivers significant benefits to organizations, helping them enhance their security posture and streamline their vulnerability management efforts:

• Human-led service where MVS experts run vulnerability scans: You benefit from the expertise of dedicated security professionals.
• Flexible and convenient scheduling: Scans can be tailored to your operational needs.
• Managed solution for internal, external, and ASV scanning: Comprehensive coverage across your attack surface.
• Feature-rich reporting: Detailed and actionable insights to guide remediation.
• Save time and resources through prioritizing results: Focus on the most critical vulnerabilities first.

Q4: What services does MVS offer?

The MVS service encompasses a range of essential services designed to provide a robust vulnerability management service program:

• Health Monitoring: Ensuring the continuous effectiveness of your scanning program.
• Virtual Appliance for internal scanning: Enabling secure and efficient internal network assessments.
• Tool-based reporting: Leveraging advanced tools for comprehensive data analysis.
• Complete scanning coverage: Addressing vulnerabilities across various systems.
• Platform maintenance: Ensuring the scanning infrastructure is always up-to-date and optimized.

Q5: Are additional services available?

Yes, Trustwave offers several add-on services to further enhance your MVS experience and tailor it to specific needs:

• Fine-tuning False-Positives: Reducing noise and focusing on genuine threats.
• On-Demand Scans: Running ad-hoc scans for immediate assessment needs.
• Custom Reporting: Generating reports specifically designed for your unique requirements.
• Threat Vulnerability Manager (Advisor): Providing expert guidance on threat intelligence and remediation strategies.

Q6: What does my target audience/customer look like?

When considering Trustwave MVS, the ideal clients typically fall into these categories:

• Existing Customers: Organizations already benefiting from other Trustwave security services.
• Enterprise Organizations: Businesses looking to reduce and treat risk across their entire database, network, and web estate, requiring a comprehensive and managed solution.
• Any organization that wants to remove the burden of repetitive scanning tasks from their internal Cybersecurity professionals.

Q7: What differentiates our MVS offering over our competitors?

Trustwave's MVS service stands out from the competition due to several key differentiators:

• SpiderLabs Brand adds weight to the integrity of the outcome: Leveraging the renowned expertise of Trustwave's elite ethical hacking and research team.
• A holistic view of remediation progress, in addition to continuous improvement: Providing a complete picture of your vulnerability remediation efforts and fostering ongoing security enhancements and database security compliance.
• A specialized delivery team that has broad experience across the functional domains: Experts with diverse skill sets ensuring comprehensive and effective service delivery.
• Experts with extensive cybersecurity knowledge and experience: Access to deep cybersecurity expertise for superior vulnerability management and database activity monitoring.

Q8: Which tool(s) will we use for MVS scanning?

Trustwave leverages industry-leading tools for MVS, selected based on the specific area being assessed:

• Database Scanning:
  • App Detective Pro (ADP)
  • DBProtect
• Network Scanning:
  • Tenable.io
  • Qualys (for advanced beginners)
• Web Application Scanning:
  • Invicti/Netsparker

By combining expert-led services with cutting-edge technology, Trustwave MVS provides a robust and effective solution for proactive vulnerability management, helping organizations mitigate risks and strengthen their overall security posture.

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