Vulnerability Response and Remediation Flashcards

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What is Vulnerability Response and Remediation?

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strategies and actions taken to identify, assess, and address vulnerabilities in a system or network to strengthen an organizations security posture

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What is Patching?

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process of applying updates to software, systems or applications in order to fix security vulnerabilities

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Purchasing Cybersecurity Insurance Policies

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Procuring insurance policies to mitigate financial losses from cyber incidents

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Network Segementation

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involves dividing a computer network into smaller parts or segments to improve performance

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Implementing Compensating Controls

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alternative security measures that can be implemented when a standard security control cannot feasibly or effectively be implemented

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What is Exception?

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Temporarily relaxes security controls for operational business needs

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What is Exemption?

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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

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