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The 10 Most Impactful Types of Vulnerabilities for Enterprises TodayManaging system vulnerabilities is one of the old est - and most frustrating - security challenges that enterprise defenders face. Every software application and hardware device ships with intrinsic flaws - flaws that, if critical enough, attackers can exploit from anywhere in the world. It's crucial that defenders take stock of what areas of the tech stack have the most emerging, and critical, vulnerabilities they must manage. It's not just zero day vulnerabilities. Consider that CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog lists vulnerabilitlies in widely used applications that are "actively exploited," and most of them are flaws that were discovered several years ago and have been fixed. There are also emerging vulnerabilities in 5G networks, cloud infrastructure, Edge applications, and firmwares to consider.
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11/30/2017 | 11:57:08 AM
Also, if someone accessed a website or nefarious email, then you would still control the credentials, but the access to the system would be in the form of an APT or root-kit but is downloaded in the background, thus again, your system is compromised, and you still have control of the credentials.
This is not a silver bullet solution, we can only try to security our environment by controlling the Keys/Credentials, NGFW, locked down servers, Zone policies, SIEM devices, trained staff, but with all of that, they could access our servers over the power lines (EoP). Good luck with your commentary, it seems there are a few things that have been left out as part of the discussion.
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