Guide to Effective Remediation of Network Vulnerabilities and Policy Compliance

Guide to Effective Remediation of Network Vulnerabilities and Policy Compliance This guide provides a step-by-step guide for automating the vulnerability and compliance workflow process. Consistent, ongoing execution of vulnerability management and policy compliance is difficult, if not impossible to do on a manual basis. There are simply too many "moving parts" to juggle and act on in a timely and cost-effective manner. 8 step vulnerability and compliance workflow:Create security policies and controlsTrack inventory and categorize assetsScan systems for vulnerabilitiesCompare vulnerabilities against inventoryClassify and rank risksPre-test patches, fixes and workaroundsApply patches, fixes and workaroundsRe-scan to confirm fixes and verify compliance

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