Vulnerability Management
Security+ 🏆 • Vulnerabilities 🚨 • Security Operations 🛡️
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Difficulty: free
Definition
Vulnerability management is the ongoing process of finding, prioritizing, fixing, and verifying security weaknesses in systems and software. It combines scanning, risk-based triage, remediation, and reporting so vulnerabilities are reduced over time rather than handled as one-off emergencies.
Examples
- A company runs weekly vulnerability scans, prioritizes internet-facing critical findings, and tracks remediation in tickets until verified.
- A security team applies compensating controls and segmentation for a legacy system that cannot be patched immediately.
Discover 🔎
New vulnerabilities are discovered constantly, and environments change every day. That means vulnerability management is not a single project. It is a routine capability, like backups or monitoring. When it works well, it prevents small weaknesses from piling up into major incidents and helps teams focus on what actually reduces risk.
Remember: Vulnerability management is a lifecycle. It includes discovery, prioritization, remediation, and verification, repeated continuously.
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