What is Vulnerability Remediation?

This report emphasizes the growing risk posed by vulnerabilities and advocates a risk-based vulnerability remediation program: it outlines the four-stage vulnerability management lifecycle (Discover, Assess, Harden, Validate), differentiates remediation from mitigation, describes operational challenges in prioritizing and remediating vulnerabilities, and explains how threat intelligence and third-party providers can help organizations prioritize and remediate the most impactful issues (highlighting remote code execution, hardcoded credentials, denial of service, directory traversal, and privilege escalation as the riskiest types).