Description
Book SynopsisVulnerability management (VM) has been around for millennia. Cities, tribes, nations, and corporations have all employed its principles. The operational and engineering successes of any organization depend on the ability to identify and remediate a vulnerability that a would-be attacker might seek to exploit. What were once small communities became castles. Cities had fortifications and advanced warning systems. All such measures were the result of a group recognizing their vulnerabilities and addressing them in different ways. Today, we identify vulnerabilities in our software systems, infrastructure, and enterprise strategies. Those vulnerabilities are addressed through various and often creative means.
Vulnerability Management demonstrates a proactive approach to the discipline. Illustrated with examples drawn from Park Foremanâs more than three decades of multinational experience, the book demonstrates how much easier it is to manage potential weaknesses than to clean up a
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
1 Introduction
2 The Vulnerability Experience
3 Program and Organization
4 Technology
5 Selecting Technology
6 Process
7 Execution, Reporting, and Analysis
8 Planning
9 Strategic Vulnerabilities
10 Managing Vulnerabilities in the Cloud
11 Summary and the Future
Index
