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The vulnerability management gap no one talks about
- Many organizations have devices missing EDR, with health issues, or lacking endpoint management tools, but the biggest surprise is that 10-20% of devices have never been scanned for vulnerabilities.
- Enterprise vulnerability management platforms may still have significant gaps in visibility due to devices not being on the network or lacking an agent.
- The lack of native features to highlight never-scanned devices and the prioritization of scanning efficiency can lead to invisible gaps in vulnerability management.
- These gaps can result in incomplete data for patch management, compliance audits becoming hope-based, and executives being uncertain about protection levels.
- To pinpoint these gaps, organizations should compare known devices to scanned ones, identify assets lacking authenticated scans, and highlight misconfigurations and agentless devices.
- Continuous validation through aggregating data from various systems is crucial to discovering and addressing coverage gaps proactively in vulnerability management.
- The article suggests a source-agnostic approach focusing on asset inventories to get an accurate picture of coverage and emphasizes the limitations of platform-native reporting in vulnerability scans.
- It recommends organizations to conduct comprehensive inventory audits, implement ongoing monitoring, and understand the limitations of vendor-provided coverage metrics for an effective vulnerability management program.
- The gaps in vulnerability management exist, and it's crucial to actively seek and address them before they are exploited by malicious actors.
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