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Vulnerability Management
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Vulnerability Management

by Park Foreman
August 2009
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
347 pages
9h 16m
English
Auerbach Publications
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308 Vulnerability ManageMent
Agents have a great advantage over other technologies in that
they can perform the vulnerability and compliance assessments of
the host before they are connected to the network. is is done
using the last known policy. If the policy is not changed upon con-
nection, then access can be granted with no further effort. e
methods may vary from the previous example; however, the process
is the same conceptually.
10.3.2 Patch Management
A perfect opportunity for integration of VM technology is patch
management. e two are ideally suited because a large percentage
of the vulnerabilities in packaged software is corrected with patches.
is could even be applied to custom, in-house software.
When one considers the complex
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ISBN: 9781439801512