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Chapter 11. Tying It All Together

Solutions in this chapter

• A Vulnerability Management Methodology

• Step One: Know Your Assets

• Step Two: Categorize Your Assets

• Step Three: Create a Baseline Scan of Assets

• Step Four: Perform a Penetration Test on Certain Assets

• Step Five: Remediate Vulnerabilities and Risk

• Step Six: Create a Vulnerability Assessment Schedule

• Step Seven: Create a Patch and Change Management Process

• Step Eight: Monitor for New Risks to Assets

Introduction

This chapter should tie vulnerability management procedures together nicely and give you a concise guide. Concepts, examples, and product screen shots aside, we want readers to literally tear this chapter from the book and keep it handy on their desks as a comprehensive methodology checklist ...