Vulnerability Response and Remediation Flashcards
What is Vulnerability Response and Remediation?
strategies and actions taken to identify, assess, and address vulnerabilities in a system or network to strengthen an organizations security posture
What is Patching?
process of applying updates to software, systems or applications in order to fix security vulnerabilities
Purchasing Cybersecurity Insurance Policies
Procuring insurance policies to mitigate financial losses from cyber incidents
Network Segementation
involves dividing a computer network into smaller parts or segments to improve performance
Implementing Compensating Controls
alternative security measures that can be implemented when a standard security control cannot feasibly or effectively be implemented
What is Exception?
Temporarily relaxes security controls for operational business needs
What is Exemption?
security control or policy is permanently going to be waived for a specific reason such as when you’re trying to use a legacy system