Vulnerability management
The management of vulnerabilities consists of a continuous and regular process of identification, assessment, reporting, management and remediation of computer vulnerabilities across endpoints, workloads, and systems.
A robust vulnerability management program uses threat intelligence and knowledge of IT and business operations to deliver risk priority and address vulnerabilities as quickly as possible.
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What is Vulnerability Management?
The Vulnerability Management consists of a risk management process that organizations can use to monitor, minimize, and eliminate vulnerabilities within their systems.
It is more complex and differs from the Vulnerability Assessment in the following points:
- range of action: Covers the entire IT infrastructure and not just a small group of systems.
- reiteration: allows you to have a complete and continuous view
- final goal: resolution of all the problems encountered and not just the preparation of a simple report
The Vulnerability Management process
The Vulnerability Management process is structured in a cycle of 4 macro phases:
A vulnerability scanner scans systems for listening services and installed software to check for vulnerabilities.
The reports are analyzed and a specific priority is assigned to each vulnerability.
Vulnerabilities with a request for mitigation are communicated and assigned to the managers of the individual systems.
Seems like an unnecessary step after resolution but helps improve security and resilience to future attacks
The necessary requirements for a correct implementation of Vulnerability Management
Vulnerability Management structured in this way enables an organization to have a continuous and timely overview of its attack surface
Ensure the functionality and reliability of the results
Furthermore, it is important to avoid unwanted effects on the performance of the network and systems in general, due to the traffic generated by the scanners
Identify all stakeholders
Identify those responsible for system security, who will have to supervise the entire process and manage it in such a way that the various phases are carried out as pre-established
Have a clear view of your infrastructure
It is important to direct the scans to the assets that you want to analyze, without forgetting parts of the network that would be excluded from the processing
Correct implementation of Vulnerability Management
The Vulnerability Management services of Safecore
The Vulnerability Management service proposed by Safecore supports companies both in monitoring known vulnerabilities and in analyzing their evolution over time, also considering the emergence of new threats.
It is crucial to carry out security tests on your information system to identify existing issues. However, the effectiveness of these tests can decline rapidly if they are not performed regularly.
Periodic security checks are useful for two main reasons:
- Firstly, they allow the effect of the remediation measures adopted to be assessed and monitored.
- Second, they offer the opportunity to update your security strategy as new threats or vulnerabilities evolve.
It will be better
A Vulnerability Management service proves to be the most effective tool for ensuring the company's IT security over time.
