The power of precision in vulnerability management

In this interview Andrew Horton, Cyber SecOps Specialist at Beyond Bank Australia began his career in cyber security consulting in 2009 by founding his own consultancy, later joining Security Assessment in New Zealand. He then moved to Australia in 2012, working for what became BAE Systems Applied Intelligence and later for HackLabs. He developed expertise across a range of cyber security issues, eventually co-founding a startup focused on API security to prevent data breaches. Currently, he is working as a consultant at Beyond Bank through CyberSage, where he led a cyber security uplift to improve security operations (SecOps), while governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) was uplifted by his colleague Rik Welcome.

At Beyond Bank, Andrew encounters common issues in vulnerability management, particularly related to outdated systems and poor tool configuration. Using Rapid7’s suite of products, including InsightVM, he addresses key challenges like “ghost assets,” which are non-existent assets detected by…