Cybersecurity is one of the most daunting challenges enterprises will face in 2020. According to IBM’s 2019 Cost of a Data Breach report, the average cost of a data breach in the U.S. is $8.19 million, with companies averaging 206 days to identify breaches before even attempting to address them (a task that averages another 38 days).
These stats and hundreds of others on cybercrime are quite sobering. Cyberattacks are beginning to seem like an inevitability, another cost of doing business. Yet, a lot can be done to reduce risk, particularly when it comes to vulnerability management.
Top vulnerability management myths
The importance of vulnerability management is often discounted or overlooked. Let’s look at and debunk the top vulnerability management myths, so that enterprises may opt to change their practices in ways that make fortifying cyber defenses and reducing risks significantly easier.
Myth 1: Periodic scanning is enough
One common and dangerous myth to dispel is that periodic vulnerability scans are good enough. Not true. Even once a day is no longer enough. New apps and endpoints are added to corporate networks each day — and this does not happen in…
