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Patch Management Best Practices & Steps

eSecurity Planet

If patches are not deployed in a timely manner, vulnerabilities remain exploitable by the bad guys. Effective patch management mitigates risk by eliminating domain-specific activities and applying standard processes across all enterprise systems,” said Gartner analyst Terrence Cosgrove. Steps to Effective Patch Management.

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Leveraging CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: Why attack surface vulnerability validation is your strongest defense 

IBM Big Data Hub

With over 20,000 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) being published each year 1 , the challenge of finding and fixing software with known vulnerabilities continues to stretch vulnerability management teams thin. Does reducing the number of critical CVEs significantly reduce the risk of a breach?

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Penetration Testing vs. Vulnerability Testing

eSecurity Planet

Many cybersecurity audits now ask whether penetration testing is conducted and how vulnerabilities are detected and tracked. These questions ask IT teams to consider how frequently security is tested from the outside via penetration testing and from the inside via vulnerability testing. What is a Vulnerability Test?

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