Vulnerability and patch management overview

Vulnerability management is a critical component of cybersecurity that focuses on identifying, assessing, prioritizing, mitigating, and monitoring security vulnerabilities within an organization’s IT infrastructure. Vulnerability management is a complex field with various terminologies and concepts.

Important terminologies

Let’s understand some basic but extremely important terminologies associated with vulnerability and patch management:

• Vulnerability: A vulnerability is a weakness or flaw in a system, software, or configuration that can be exploited by attackers to compromise security. Vulnerability assessment is the process of identifying, categorizing, and prioritizing vulnerabilities within an organization’s IT infrastructure. It involves automated scanning tools and manual testing.
• Patch: A patch is a software update provided by a vendor to fix or mitigate a known vulnerability. Applying patches...