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Comprehensive Threat Exposure Management Platform
How HivePro Vulnerability Exposure Management (VEM) extends and amplifies the value of your existing endpoint security/EDR investments – turning detection strength into enterprise-wide vulnerability and exposure intelligence.
CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, and Microsoft Defender represent the gold standard in endpoint detection and response (EDR). They are exceptional at what they were built to do – detect and respond to threats. Vulnerability and exposure management, however, is a fundamentally different discipline that these platforms were not architected to solve, thus creating a security gap, and potential opening for malicious attacks.
Most organizations are replacing Tenable, Qualys and Rapid7 by leveraging the existing EDR agent to enable continuous vulnerability assessment of endpoint devices. However, complete reliance on your EDR solution for vulnerability assessment will leave blind spots, which will increase the cyber risk for an organization.
Blind spots can come from :
The result is a false sense of coverage. Security teams know what’s happening on endpoints – but they don’t have a complete, prioritized picture of organizational exposure. That gap is exactly where attackers operate.
Hive Pro Vulnerability Exposure Management (VEM) is designed to work alongside your EDR – to complete your Vulnerability Management program and coverage.
Key Steps:
Network scanners cover firewalls, routers, switches, and any system where an agent cannot be installed – the gaps EDR leaves behind.
One risk score across all data sources – EDR telemetry, VM scan results, threat intelligence feeds – instead of four separate dashboards.
Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) and Adversarial Exposure Validation (AEV) confirm which vulnerabilities are actually exploitable in your environment.
Hive Pro adds coverage for new Patch Tuesday vulnerabilities within ~6 hours. Leading EDR platforms typically take 24 hours – a window attackers actively exploit.
Replace Critical/High/Med/Low labels with numeric risk scores (0–100) per vulnerability and environment – the precision your CISO and board need.
Replace traditional VM scanner agents on endpoints with your existing EDR agent. Reduce sprawl, licensing costs, and performance overhead.
CrowdStrike Falcon is the most trusted EDR platform in the market – with board-level credibility earned through years of high-profile incident response. However, CrowdStrike Falcon Spotlight does leave a few gaps which Hive Pro can fulfil.
| Falcon Spotlight Gaps in Coverage | Hive Pro Fills the Gap |
|---|---|
| No coverage for systems without Falcon agent (network devices, legacy) | Network scanning (HVS) covers all network devices, un-agented endpoints, legacy systems |
| No network scanning – firewalls, routers, switches, IP phones all invisible | Ingest Spotlight data alongside Tenable, Qualys, Rapid7, Microsoft, S1 for a unified risk view |
| No third-party data ingestion from other VM tools and low CVE coverage of approx 87K | 326K+ CVE coverage – 3.7× more than Spotlight alone, plus ingests data from 3rd party sources including Tenable, Rapid7, Qualys, SentinelOne, Microsoft and many more. |
| No configuration assessment against CIS Benchmarks | Configuration Assessment against CIS Benchmarks across all assets |
| No BAS / AEV or security control validation | BAS / AEV validates which threats are actually exploitable in your environment |
| No quantitative risk score – severity labels only | Quantitative risk score (0–100) per vulnerability and environment for board-ready reporting |
| Cannot be purchased standalone – requires Falcon EDR license | CAASM – complete asset inventory across all sources |
| Falcon Exposure Management Gaps in Coverage | Hive Pro Fills the Gap |
|---|---|
| No authenticated scanning for network devices – split architecture between agent and network scanner | Ingest FEM data + all other sources – Rapid7, S1, Microsoft, Tenable, Qualys – into one risk platform |
| Limited 3rd-party ingestion – only Tenable and Qualys; no Rapid7, SentinelOne, or Microsoft Defender | Comprehensive 3rd Party data ingestion: Ingests data from Qualys, Tenable, Rapid7, SentinelOne, Microsoft and many more. |
| No DAST / cloud / container / OSS data ingestion | Application, cloud, and container exposure via DAST, OSS scanning, and cloud connectors |
| No configuration assessment for network devices | Authenticated network scanning for complete network device configuration assessment |
| No BAS / AEV – no security control effectiveness validation | BAS / AEV confirms which exposures are actually reachable and exploitable |
| No quantitative risk scoring | Numeric risk scoring 0–100 per asset and environment for prioritization at scale |
Organizations using CrowdStrike EDR can leverage their existing Falcon agent to replace traditional VM scanner agents on endpoints – reducing agent sprawl and licensing costs – while Hive Pro covers everything Spotlight cannot: network devices, un-agented systems, configuration assessment, BAS, and unified risk scoring. The result is a more complete security program at lower total cost of ownership.
SentinelOne Singularity is a powerful AI-driven EDR. Its vulnerability management module (Singularity VM) provides agent-based coverage – but has no network scanning capability at any tier, making Hive Pro a natural and compelling complement.
| SentinelOne VM Gaps in Coverage | Hive Pro Fills the Gap |
|---|---|
| No network scanning – at any tier; all network devices completely uncovered | Full network scanning (HVS) – immediate coverage for all network devices and un-agented systems |
| Agent-only coverage – same blind spots as any EDR-based VM module | Ingest S1 VM data alongside Tenable, Qualys, Rapid7, and Microsoft for unified exposure visibility |
| Cannot be purchased standalone – requires S1 EDR license | 326K+ CVE coverage vs. S1’s more limited database |
| No quantitative risk scoring – severity labels only | Quantitative risk scoring (0–100) for defensible prioritization |
| No BAS / AEV or security control validation | BAS / AEV – validates exploitability in your specific environment |
| No configuration assessment against CIS Benchmarks | Configuration Assessment against CIS Benchmarks across all assets |
Hive Pro is designed for zero-disruption deployment alongside your existing security stack. Think of it like adding a control tower to an airport that already has excellent planes – nothing on the runway changes, but visibility and decision-making improve immediately.
| Outcome | Before Hive Pro | With Hive Pro + EDR |
|---|---|---|
| Asset Coverage | Endpoints with agent only – network devices, legacy systems, OT invisible | 100% enterprise-wide coverage across all asset types and environments |
| Risk Prioritization | Critical/High/Med/Low labels – teams manually decide what to patch first | Quantitative 0–100 risk score per vulnerability with threat context and exploitability data |
| Tool Consolidation | 4+ separate VM dashboards, multiple agents per endpoint, fragmented data | Single pane of glass – all VM data unified in Hive Pro, agent count reduced |
| Control Validation | No way to know if security controls are actually blocking threats | BAS / AEV continuously validates control effectiveness against real attack techniques |
| CVE Response Speed | 24-hour gap between new CVE disclosure and EDR-based detection coverage | ~6-hour coverage for new Patch Tuesday vulnerabilities – 4x faster response window |
| Board Reporting | Subjective severity labels – difficult to quantify or trend over time | Quantitative exposure scores, trending, and remediation progress for executive audiences |
| Licensing Cost | Paying for EDR + full VM platform with overlapping endpoint coverage | EDR agent replaces VM endpoint agent – consolidation savings offset Hive Pro investment |
Gartner analysts have noted that Hive Pro is uniquely positioned in the market as a platform capable of replacing traditional vulnerability management vendors (Tenable, Qualys, Rapid7) while complementing – not competing with – the leading EDR platforms. No other CTEM vendor currently occupies this position with the same breadth of capability.
We offer a no-obligation proof of concept designed to demonstrate Hive Pro’s value in your specific environment – using your existing EDR data as the starting point. Most customers see immediate value within the first week of deployment.
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