Five Key Vulnerability and Patch Management Practices
The recent increase in the number of data breaches has made many financial institutions take a harder look at their vulnerability and patch...
The Board of a financial institution is responsible for ensuring that the vulnerability management program is effective, often delegating monitoring to senior management. IT departments diligently provide reports from their vulnerability management system to help show the effectiveness of their program, but one of the common complaints that we hear from management is that these reports do not do a good job of showing progress. This week, we will look at some common ways of measuring vulnerability management performance and highlight some of the issues you may encounter with each.
We're often brought in to help assess the performance of vulnerability management programs. We do a "gut check" on where your institution is compared to regulatory requirements and other financial institutions allowing you and your board some real insight. If it sounds like something you're interested in give us a call or shoot us an email.
The recent increase in the number of data breaches has made many financial institutions take a harder look at their vulnerability and patch...
Regulators expect that a financial institution will have a vulnerability scan performed by an independent third party at least annually. This scan...
We have referenced this concept in blog posts previously related to growing your Information Security Program and ensuring independence in your...