In today’s cybersecurity threat landscape with its ever-growing volume of incidents, it is remarkable to think that proactive threat and vulnerability management remains a challenge for companies to address effectively. Organizations are adopting threat exposure management techniques to manage business risks stemming from developing and applying technology such as Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity, quantum computing, and augmented reality. Vulnerability management practices represent the most common method to proactively limit exposure to damaging cyber breaches and exploits resulting from these technology adoptions.
Organizations often struggle, however, to integrate threat and vulnerability management programs into security operations. Without proper integration, there is significantly greater risk of leaving critical vulnerabilities exposed to cyberattacks such as data theft or ransomware.
Some of the common challenges preventing the proper integration of vulnerability management programs into security operations include:
Lack of full visibility into the environment
For vulnerability management programs to effectively reduce risk,…
