Modern businesses share a digital space with one another and the internet, so the possibility of security attacks or breaches has increased significantly.

Attackers are searching for security gaps in your network or system that could help them gain access to your sensitive information. Due to these vulnerabilities, your organization's cybersecurity is at constant risk. The majority of IT security breaches are financially motivated toward securing information or intellectual property as its value soars high in the black market. Therefore, cybersecurity is paramount, and vulnerability management is a part of the process that keeps it intact.

It's obvious that you need to have a vulnerability management program to safeguard your IT assets against threats that may strike. It is the first defense against the overarching threat of black-hat hackers.

Let's think of vulnerability management with the following analogy: as a child, you go to the doctor for your regular check-up; the doctor examines your health, identifies symptoms and risks, measures severity, and provides you with treatment. Then, they bribe you with a lollipop and ask you to revisit after some time. Similarly, vulnerability management comprises routine checks, evaluation of possible risks, assessment of risk intensity, suggested remediation, and repeat checks to see if the threat is still there.

No matter how robust your cybersecurity is, there are always bugs in the system from where the attackers can gain access. Vulnerability management makes sure that these bugs are fixed and patched before any cyber attack happens.

To give a 100% security shield to your system, be sure to leverage penetration testing and vulnerability management to cement your security controls and reinforce your IT security.

Before delving deeper into the topic, let's start with the basics first and understand what vulnerability means in cybersecurity.