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Order the Vulnerability Management Process

A scan, a score, a choice, a plan, a fix, a rescan: put one batch of flaws through the vulnerability management process in order.

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About this interactive

The Vulnerability Management lesson gives the process six steps, and the team runs them again and again. Discover: find the flaws on the network, usually with a vulnerability scan or a penetration test. Assess: work out how serious each flaw is and what it could do to the organization. Prioritize: decide which flaws get fixed first, based on that assessment. Plan: decide how each flaw will be fixed, who does it and when. Remediate: make the fix, for example by applying the vendor's patch. Verify: check that the fix worked, for example by running the scan again. Reporting happens all the way through: a report can be pulled at any step, so no card here is a report. A quick test for each card: has the team found the flaw yet, judged it, ranked it, planned the fix, made it, or proved it?

What you'll learn

Aligned to

CompTIA Security+
4.3 Explain various activities associated with vulnerability management.
CompTIA CySA+
2.5 Explain concepts related to vulnerability response, handling, and management.
NIST 800-53
RA-5 Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning

Key terms

Vulnerability Assessment
The process of identifying, quantifying, and prioritizing vulnerabilities in a system.
Vulnerability
A weakness in a system, application, or process that can be exploited by a threat actor.
Patch Management
The process of acquiring, testing, and installing software updates to fix vulnerabilities and improve functionality.

Topics

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