CISA Releases Decision Tree Model to Help Companies Prioritize Vulnerability Patching
CISA Releases Decision Tree Model to Help Companies Prioritize Vulnerability Patching
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CISA Releases Decision Tree Model to Help Companies Prioritize Vulnerability Patching
By Eduard Kovacs on November 11, 2022
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The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday announced the release of a Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) guide that can help organizations prioritize vulnerability patching using a decision…
Learn about Risk-Based Prioritization and why CVSS fails as a prioritizing tool – and why its necessary to incorporate business context, vulnerability data, threat score, and asset criticality, among other factors.
Why Vulnerability Prioritization is key
Given the multitude of incidents a company can be exposed to in the current web panorama, it is nearly impossible to be protected from every looming threat. Considering the thousands of assets a company possesses, it’s only normal that the number of reported vulnerabilities grows every year
Scanning every nook and cranny of a modern business can be overwhelming. It is therefore essential to single out the most critical vulnerabilities to mitigate the outcomes of this near-impossible task.
In fact, the most important step in this process is precisely selecting the vulnerabilities that entail the highest risks for the organization, which means, in other words, prioritization.
When it comes to cybersecurity, businesses need to strategize and allocate resources to what matters most. By prioritizing, companies can accomplish that and are setting themselves up for smoother remediation in the event of a breach.
There are a few methods contemporary businesses can choose from to achieve it.
