From the course: CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-002) Cert Prep: 2 Vulnerability Management (2020)

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Barriers to vulnerability remediation

Barriers to vulnerability remediation

From the course: CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-002) Cert Prep: 2 Vulnerability Management (2020)

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Barriers to vulnerability remediation

- [Instructor] As you work your way through the vulnerability remediation workflow, you're going to encounter inhibitors to remediation. You'll come across people who, for a variety of reasons, think that addressing the vulnerability is not in the organization's best interests. Let's talk about some of the people that you might encounter during your remediation efforts and discuss ways that you can address the issues that they raise in a way that addresses their objections, but still resolves the vulnerability. First, meet grumpy Gus. Gus is a system engineer who has quite a cantankerous attitude. So much so that no one on the security team really wants to talk to him, because they know that he'll argue with everything they say. But Gus is also highly skilled. He's a very knowledgeable engineer, and his primary concern is keeping his systems up and running. When you bring a vulnerability to Gus, he might grumble that…

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