Risk-Based Vulnerability Management: The Next Step In Vulnerability Assessment

Vulnerability Assessment checks are a common phenomenon in today’s world where companies are taking no chances when it comes to data security. As advanced security measures are being adopted to thwart breaches, unethical parties are also adopting advanced methods to gain access to information. This has prompted Vulnerability Assessment companies like WebSecure to come up with innovative methods to handle such cases.

Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (RBVM) is a process that scans for potential vulnerabilities across systems and prioritizes remediation based on the level of exploitation that can occur. This offers tremendous efficiency gains and at the same time, minimizes the systems’ exposure to underhanded actions.

Unlike the older approach to vulnerability assessment, this improved procedure does much more than just uncovering potential weaknesses of the system. It classifies them and also helps companies understand the reasons behind it and come up with suitable steps to shore up their defences. Experts at WebSecure also explained that this approach helps their clients focus on select vulnerabilities that pose serious questions to the systems’ integrity while offering better insight to the fallout of such breaches.

RBVM has four basic building blocks, namely:

• Visibility – All assets in the system and its environment have to be visible
• Observation – Scanning and monitoring all vulnerability points for each asset
• Prioritize – Each asset has to be evaluated on its importance, vulnerability and security measures
• Guidance – Expert opinions on the best solutions to mitigate uncovered vulnerabilities

According to the panel of experts at WebSecure, the best approach to RBVM would consist of the following steps:

• Network visibility is a must. Lose sight, lose fight. Maximum effort should be put on removing blind spots
• Vulnerability Assessment should be adopted as a proactive measure
• Understanding and prioritizing every vulnerability according to the undesired fallout it can cause

A breach in security systems can hugely impact businesses and dent their performances. In the present scenario where data and information is everything, organizations should adopt proactive measures like RBVM to ensure complete security.

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