Vulnerability Management

Vulnerability Management

Role Type: Permanent
Location: Milton Keynes, UK [Hybrid]
Frequency: three days a week

Vulnerability Management

Key aspects include proactively analysing vulnerability data, organizing and assigning work packages for remediation, ensuring timely fixes, prioritizing vulnerabilities effectively, and fostering cross-team collaboration for efficient remediation. These actions are crucial for preventing vulnerabilities from becoming overdue and maintaining a strong security posture.

Roles and responsibilities

• Understanding and Analyzing Vulnerability Data:

This involves staying informed about newly discovered vulnerabilities, understanding their potential impact, and assessing their severity.

• Organizing and Creating Work Packages:

Once vulnerabilities are assessed, they need to be translated into actionable tasks with clear objectives, timelines, and resource allocation for teams to work on.

• Ensuring Fixes Begin Within SLA:

Service Level Agreements (SLAs) define the expected timeframe for addressing vulnerabilities. This ensures timely remediation and prevents delays that could expose the organization to increased risk.

• Prioritizing Overdue and Upcoming Vulnerabilities:

A crucial aspect is prioritizing vulnerabilities based on their severity, potential impact, and exploitability. This ensures that the most critical issues are addressed first, reducing the overall risk.

• Collaborating Across Teams:

Vulnerability remediation often requires collaboration between different teams (eg, security, development, operations). Effective communication and coordination are vital to streamlining the process.

• Understanding Vulnerability Assessment and Remediation Processes:

A deep understanding of the vulnerability management life cycle is essential, from initial discovery to final remediation.

• Triage and Work Package Creation:

Being able to quickly assess a vulnerability and create well-defined work packages for remediation is a key skill.

• Coordination and Cross-Team Collaboration:

Effective communication and collaboration are essential for ensuring smooth handoffs and efficient remediation efforts across different teams.

• Planning and Management Skills:

Strong planning and management skills are needed to track progress, manage resources, and ensure that vulnerabilities are addressed within the defined SLAs.