Organizations still struggle to manage vulnerability patches, report

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In Europe, companies fair worse with 34 percent of respondents reporting a breach due to the same cause. Tripwire partnered with Dimensional Research to survey 340 infosecurity professionals on vulnerability management trends and found that companies also lack visibility of their attack surface. “If you’re not scanning for vulnerabilities frequently enough, you’re missing new vulnerabilities that have been discovered, and you may be miss assets that tend to go on and off the network, like traveling laptops,” Tim Erlin, vice president of product management and strategy at Tripwire said. The study also found most organizations want more mature vulnerability management, but are constrained. In addition, 13 percent best identified with “we have an extensive vulnerability management program in the departments that prioritize it” while the remaining two percent identified with “non of these represent our approach.” The study also found that despite some flaws, most organizations aim to fix their vulnerabilities within 30-days or less when spotted and most organizations recognize the need to prioritize vulnerabilities more effectively.

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