24 Vulnerability ManageMent
feels confident that it will not disrupt business. He has a ser-
vice level agreement (SLA) to maintain. Harold is not happy
about this because several critical servers are messaging serv-
ers. Some of those servers face the Internet and face higher
threat levels. He escalates the situation to his boss, who tells
him that he cannot argue the point because he is new in the
role and is still trying to build credibility among the rest of
the technology managers.
May 7: Scans of all other offices seem normal. e IT man-
agers in those locations have received the initial reports of
vulnerabilities.
May 12: After the first week of scanning, the total number of
hosts is a little high but can probably be accounted for. Harold