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It’s no secret: the number of security vulnerabilities organizations must contend with is overwhelming. According to a 2019 Risk Based Security report, there were 22,316 newly-discovered vulnerabilities last year. One Patch Tuesday disclosed a record number of 327 vulnerabilities in a single day. Just keeping up is becoming a monumental task.
But knowing where and how your organization may be vulnerable is critical to maintaining a healthy security posture. As vulnerabilities add up and the threat landscape widens, two crucial strategies for understanding where you are and where you need to be security-wise are vulnerability assessments and penetration tests.
At the very core, almost all organizations should be doing both. If you’re not, you may be exposing yourself to great risks.
It’s easy to understand why some may confuse the two strategies (they are complimentary, after all), but…
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Posted by: Mark Stone |
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October 29, 2020 at 09:10PM
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