Book description
Build an effective vulnerability management strategy to protect your organization’s assets, applications, and data.
Asset Attack Vectors will help you build a vulnerability management program designed to work in the modern threat environment. Drawing on years of combined experience, the authors detail the latest techniques for threat analysis, risk measurement, and regulatory reporting. They also outline practical service level agreements (SLAs) for vulnerability management and patch management.
Vulnerability management needs to be more than a compliance check box; it should be the foundation of your organization’s cybersecurity strategy. Read Asset Attack Vectors to get ahead of threats and protect your organization with an effective asset protection strategy.
What You’ll Learn
- Create comprehensive assessment and risk identification policies and procedures
- Implement a complete vulnerability management workflow in nine easy steps
- Understand the implications of active, dormant, and carrier vulnerability states
- Develop, deploy, and maintain custom and commercial vulnerability management programs
- Discover the best strategies for vulnerability remediation, mitigation, and removal
- Automate credentialed scans that leverage least-privilege access principles
- Read real-world case studies that share successful strategies and reveal potential pitfalls
Who This Book Is For
New and intermediate security management professionals, auditors, and information technology staff looking to build an effective vulnerability management program and defend against asset based cyberattacks
Table of contents
- Cover
- Front Matter
- 1. The Attack Chain
- 2. The Vulnerability Landscape
- 3. Threat Intelligence
- 4. Credential Asset Risks
- 5. Vulnerability Assessment
- 6. Configuration Assessment
- 7. Risk Measurement
- 8. Vulnerability States
- 9. Vulnerability Authorities
- 10. Penetration Testing
- 11. Remediation
- 12. The Vulnerability Management Program
- 13. Vulnerability Management Design
- 14. Vulnerability Management Development
- 15. Vulnerability Management Deployment
- 16. Vulnerability Management Operations
- 17. Vulnerability Management Architecture
- 18. Sample Vulnerability Plan
- 19. Regulatory Compliance
- 20. Risk Management Frameworks
- 21. Making It All Work
- 22. Tales from the Trenches
- 23. Final Recommendations
- 24. Conclusion
- Back Matter
Product information
- Title: Asset Attack Vectors: Building Effective Vulnerability Management Strategies to Protect Organizations
- Author(s):
- Release date: June 2018
- Publisher(s): Apress
- ISBN: 9781484236277
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