CHAPTER 3
Vulnerability Management Activities
In this chapter you will learn:
• The requirements for a vulnerability management process
• How to determine the frequency of vulnerability scans to meet your needs
• The types of vulnerabilities found in various systems
• Considerations when configuring tools for scanning
Of old, the expert in battle would first make himself invincible and then wait for his enemy to expose his vulnerability.
—Sun Tzu
Like many other areas in life, vulnerability management involves a combination of things we want to do, things we should do, and things we have to do. Assuming you don’t need help with the first, we’ll focus our attention in this chapter on the latter two. First of all, we identify the requirements ...
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