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Taking a risk-based approach to vulnerability management has always been our priority, and lately the industry has followed suit. Now in a new blog listing Gartner’s Top 10 Security Projects for 2020-2021, it’s clear that Gartner thinks it should be a priority for you, too. For a sense of why RBVM is a top priority…

The challenge of cloud-based applications is that workloads may move through several different environments that can be owned and operated by vendors with different technology. With the cloud there are no well-defined boundaries. VMware Carbon Black Cloud Workload is a product that has been designed from the ground up to protect cloud workloads that operate…

In some ways, IT is in a tough spot when it comes to reducing cyber risk. IT teams are usually responsible for remediating vulnerabilities within various asset groups. But even though IT groups ultimately own assets, they often don’t have full control over which assets end up where. End-user devices, for instance, have a tendency…

So there you are, the head of a successful vulnerability management program that has driven your company’s risk scores to a level that is both manageable and acceptable.  It’s been smooth sailing for the past year, and the days of chaos are but a memory. And then all of the sudden, the risk score jumps. …

One of the odd things about risk is that it doesn’t mean the same thing to all people. We happily ride in cars almost every day, despite the fact that on a mile-for-mile basis, it represents one of the most dangerous forms of transportation. But many of us will get a weird feeling in the…

It’s safe to say that most modern enterprises live and breathe data. But not all data is created equal. Take, for example, the data used in early stage vulnerability management programs.  Go beyond CVSS Sure, they use data. When their scanners detect a vulnerability, it gets added to a spreadsheet. To estimate the risk that…