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What is vulnerability management?
The correct answer is C. A process to identify and remediate existing weaknesses. Vulnerability management is a continuous security practice focused on systematically identifying, assessing, and remediating security weaknesses within an organization's systems and applications.
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What is vulnerability management?
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- AA security practice focused on clarifying and narrowing intrusion points.
- BA security practice of performing actions rather than acknowledging the threats.
- CA process to identify and remediate existing weaknesses.
- DA process to recover from service interruptions and restore business-critical applications
How the community answered
(54 responses)- A2% (1)
- B4% (2)
- C91% (49)
- D4% (2)
Why each option
Vulnerability management is a continuous security practice focused on systematically identifying, assessing, and remediating security weaknesses within an organization's systems and applications.
While narrowing intrusion points is a goal of security, vulnerability management encompasses a broader process of identifying and addressing all types of weaknesses, not just intrusion points.
Vulnerability management involves acknowledging threats and proactively addressing weaknesses, not just performing actions without acknowledging threats.
Vulnerability management is a comprehensive process that includes discovery of existing weaknesses (vulnerabilities), their evaluation, and the subsequent actions taken to mitigate or eliminate them to reduce risk.
This describes disaster recovery or business continuity planning, which is distinct from the proactive identification and remediation of vulnerabilities.
Concept tested: Vulnerability management process
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security-center/enable-vulnerability-assessment
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