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CompTIA CySA+ CS0-004 · Domain 2: Vulnerability management

Vulnerability response: patching, configuration management, change management, maintenance windows

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Once vulnerabilities are validated and prioritized, they have to be fixed without breaking the business. Vulnerability response is the set of processes that turns a finding into a remediated system, and it depends on cooperation between security, IT operations and system owners. Security usually identifies and prioritizes the problem, while operations teams apply the fix, so clear processes and good communication matter as much as technical skill.

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