November Newsletter: Why Risk-based Vulnerability Management is the way Forward?

The risk level of a vulnerability is always dynamic. Yet, many organizations rely on historical CVSS data, the hype created by media, and sometimes gut feeling.

NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER Risk-based Vulnerability Management, The Way Forward The risk level of a vulnerability is always dynamic. Yet, many organizations rely on historical CVSS data, the hype created by media, and sometimes gut feeling. They mostly lack insights into the critical vulnerabilities in their network and tend to focus efforts on less critical ones. Hackers are executing mass exploits and ransomware attacks using various advanced techniques. To be ahead of them, knowing what vulnerability has the highest probability of an exploit will help. This insight will let you prioritize your resources in a way that actually decreases security risk and not just cross a few vulnerabilities off the risk report. Read Blog Post Recap of Security Updates in November Microsoft November 2021 Patch Tuesday Addresses 55 Vulnerabilities Including 6 zero-days Microsoft has released November Patch Tuesday security updates with a total of 55 Vulnerabilities, including six Zero-days rated as critical, while 49 vulnerabilities are rated important. Read More Microsoft Released Emergency Out-Of-Band Updates To Fix Windows Server Authentication Issues Microsoft has released emergency updates to address authentication failures related to Kerberos delegation scenarios impacting Domain Controllers (DC). These authentication issues impact systems that are running Windows Server 2019 and lower versions with specific Kerberos delegation scenarios. Read More Best Reads from SecPod Blog  Top Metrics that Define the Success of a Vulnerability Management Program Vulnerability Management, like any other process, should abide by certain parameters. The vulnerability management metrics play a crucial role in understanding the qualitative measurement for the security program. Read More An Information Security Admin’s Nightmare Patching and applying security patches is the fundamental aspect of increasing an organization’s resilience from malware, ransomware attacks enacted by hackers. Read More Why Addressing Vulnerabilities Is A Challenging Process For An IT Security Team Patching and applying security patches is the fundamental aspect of increasing an organization’s resilience from malware, ransomware attacks enacted by hackers. Read More Is There a Pile of Vulnerabilities Haunting You? Brad and Smith are security administrators of an enterprise with 2000 devices. One of their prime responsibilities is to manage vulnerabilities in their network. Read More If you have any questions related to support, please write to us at support@secpod.com. To contact our sales team, please email us at info@secpod.com  Copyright © 2021, SecPod, Inc. All rights reserved. 303 Twin Dolphin Drive, 6th Floor, Redwood City, California 94065, USA Unsubscribe