Vulnerability Management Fundamentals

Catalog description

Students develop foundational skills in vulnerability management aligned with modern security operations practices. Students build and maintain asset inventories, plan and execute vulnerability assessments across on-premises and cloud environments, and analyze and validate scan findings using risk-based methods. Students prioritize remediation using CVSS scoring, exploit availability, and contextual factors such as asset criticality and business impact, and recommend risk treatment strategies communicated in language appropriate for both technical teams and organizational leadership. Students apply vulnerability management skills and produce reporting that supports real-world security operations workflows.