Author: Matthew Jerzewski

Vulnerability management is a foundational cornerstone for reducing your organization’s cyber risk, but what are vulnerabilities and why is it important to create a strong vulnerability management program? The National Institute of Science and Technology ( NIST) defines a vulnerability as, “Weakness in an information system, system security procedures, internal controls, or implementation that could be exploited or triggered by a threat source.” With hundreds of thousands of vulnerabilities that have been discovered, it is increasingly more important to get vulnerability management right and...

The Verizon 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report noted a 180% increase in exploited vulnerabilities over the previous year’s figures. The importance of keeping an up-to-date vulnerability management policy for remediating and controlling security vulnerabilities cannot be understated. 1. Overview: Summary of Vulnerability Management Policy Taking the time to give a short summary of the policy and who and what it involves will help to better flesh out the policy the organization is trying to implement. Describing what types of devices, software, and networks are subject to vulnerability...

2023 Cost of a Data Breach: Key Takeaways It’s that time of year - IBM has released its “ Cost of a Data Breach Report .” This year’s report is jam-packed with some new research and findings that highlight how organizations are implementing security and risk mitigation techniques to help identify and contain data breaches. Key Takeaways The average total cost of a data breach has reached an all-time high in 2023 of $4.45 million. This is an increase of 2.3% from last year’s $4.35 million. Even with data breach costs rising, surveyed companies were split 49% to 51% on whether to increase...