Beyond patch management: Rethinking vulnerability management in modern enterprises

By Shaikh Irfan, Cyber Security Analyst, Keen Technologies

Modern enterprises no longer fail because one patch was missed. They fail when weakness is left in place long enough to be found, tested, and used. That is the real shift in vulnerability management. The old habit was to scan, rank, patch, and move on. The newer reality is messier. Cloud assets appear fast. SaaS tools multiply. Remote access widens the path in. Attackers move with that change. They do not wait for the next maintenance window. They look for the easiest opening and use it before defenders can close it. That is why vulnerability management now has to think like operations and threat intelligence at once. That pressure now shows up in every boardroom.

Asset sprawlEnterprise environments have grown into wide, uneven attack surfaces. One team may know what is running. Another team may not. Shadow IT, temporary infrastructure, and...

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