Vulnerability management strategy

The vulnerability management strategy is composed of six distinct phases, which we will cover in the following sections.

Asset inventory

The first stage in the vulnerability management strategy should be making an inventory. However, many organizations lack an effective asset register and therefore have a hard time when it comes to securing their devices. An asset inventory is a tool that security administrators can use to go through the devices an organization has and the ones that need to be covered by security software.

In the vulnerability management strategy, an organization should start by giving the employee the responsibility of managing an asset inventory to ensure that all devices...