Elements of a vulnerability strategy
There are several elements that have to work in unison and that are integral to the success of your vulnerability management system. These elements include:
- People: The team working on the security issues and the employees involved in the processes and plans should have extensive knowledge and expertise on matters dealing with vulnerabilities. In addition, they need to have great communication abilities that can help them coordinate with all other business people that may be affected by the security issues they may uncover, as well as the processes they will set up to address the identified issues.
- Process: The process of conducting assessments can be done by anyone. However, for value addition, the process needs to have additional features such as a setup that will allow for follow-ups on the assessment data and that can make the data usable. The process also needs to be precise and reproducible to allow other people to repeat...
