When vulnerabilities go viral: how to respond to high-profile security issues

Every few months, a vulnerability makes headlines. A critical flaw in widely-used software. A zero-day in network infrastructure. A patch that needs to be applied across your entire environment.

For most IT teams, the response follows a familiar and uncomfortable pattern. Someone spots it on Reddit. A scramble begins. And depending on how stretched the team is, the patching process takes days.

In this webinar, LIMA’s Head of Product Ollie Potts takes a look at the growing problem of high-profile vulnerabilities, which quickly attract the attention of malicious actors.

In the webinar we covered:

• Why high-profile vulnerabilities are increasingly being weaponised within hours of disclosure, and what that means for the 14-day CE+ patching window
• Real-world examples of vulnerabilities that went viral, the damage they caused and how quickly organisations needed to respond
• How most IT teams are currently handling vulnerability management
• The next evolution of LIMA’s VDR service: threat prioritisation that monitors the same sources attackers do, identifies high-risk vulnerabilities before they dominate the news cycle, and covers same-day remediation with an SLA.