Hive Pro Vulnerability Exposure Management (VEM) with Your Existing EDR
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.
The Challenge
Your EDR is world-class. Your exposure visibility isn't.
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 :
network devices and legacy systems with no agent coverage
no unified risk score across their digital footprint
no way to validate whether security controls are actually effective
vulnerability data siloed in dashboards that don't talk to each other
Low CVE coverage because of which certain vulnerabilities will be unidentified.
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.
3.7×
more CVE coverage in Hive Pro (326K) vs. leading EDR VM modules (~87K)
6 hrs
Hive Pro Patch Tuesday coverage vs. 24 hours for leading EDR platforms
4+
separate VM dashboards the average enterprise manages today
The Solution
Unify EDR with Hive Pro to save cost and increase security
Hive Pro Vulnerability Exposure Management (VEM) is designed to work alongside your EDR - to complete your Vulnerability Management program and coverage.
Key Steps
01
Ingest agent telemetry from CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, and Microsoft Defender
02
Layering network scanning data, coverage for legacy OS as well as network devices
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Correlate with threat intelligence and create a risk score and adversarial validation
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Deliver the complete exposure picture your EDR alone cannot provide.
Hive Pro Benefits
Complete Asset Coverage
Network scanners cover firewalls, routers, switches, and any system where an agent cannot be installed - the gaps EDR leaves behind.
Unified Risk Intelligence
One risk score across all data sources - EDR telemetry, VM scan results, threat intelligence feeds - instead of four separate dashboards.
Adversarial Validation
Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) and Adversarial Exposure Validation (AEV) confirm which vulnerabilities are actually exploitable in your environment.
Faster Vulnerability Coverage
Hive Pro adds coverage for new Patch Tuesday vulnerabilities within ~6 hours. Leading EDR platforms typically take 24 hours - a window attackers actively exploit.
Quantitative Risk Scoring
Replace Critical/High/Med/Low labels with numeric risk scores (0-100) per vulnerability and environment - the precision your CISO and board need.
Vendor Consolidation
Replace traditional VM scanner agents on endpoints with your existing EDR agent. Reduce sprawl, licensing costs, and performance overhead.
Partner Story
CrowdStrike + Hive Pro Vulnerability Exposure Management (VEM)
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 (easy to turn on for VM on Endpoints)
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
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
CrowdStrike + Hive Pro: The Business Case
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.
Partner Story
SentinelOne + Hive Pro Vulnerability Exposure Management - Complete Vulnerability Management
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 Singularity VM (highest gap density - easiest Hive Pro 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
Deployment Approach
A phased, low-risk path to full exposure management
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.
Phase 1: Immediate Value (Weeks, Not Months)
Deploy Hive Pro as a data aggregation and risk intelligence layer - no new agents, no scanning changes, zero disruption
Ingest CrowdStrike / S1 / Defender telemetry into Hive ProIngest existing Tenable / Qualys / Rapid7 scan data if presentReceive unified risk score across all sources immediatelyActivate BAS and AEV to validate control effectivenessEnable CAASM for complete asset inventory visibilityBegin board-ready risk reporting from day one
Phase 2: Full Coverage Expansion
Once value is demonstrated, introduce Hive Pro network scanning (HVS) to cover gaps your EDR cannot reach - on your timeline
Deploy Hive Pro HVS scanners for network devices and un-agented systemsReplace legacy VM scanner agents on endpoints with existing EDR agentAchieve full VM to VEM (Vulnerability & Exposure Management) transformationConsolidate agents and reduce licensing overhead across the estateSingle Hive Pro platform covers endpoints, network, cloud, and applicationsRetire siloed VM tools - one platform, complete coverage
Results
Business Outcomes
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
Independent Analyst Perspective
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.
Ready to see Hive Pro in action?
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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