Proactive and Reactive Vulnerability Management:Insights from Professionals

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This survey aims to gather cybersecurity professionals' insights on the effectiveness and challenges of proactive versus reactive approaches to vulnerability management. Your responses will help me collect real-world perspectives to support a future talk on improving vulnerability management practices.

Which approach do you believe is most effective for managing vulnerabilities? *

Proactively: Regularly scanning and addressing potential vulnerabilities before they are exploited.

Reactively: Responding to vulnerabilities as they are discovered or after incidents occur.

A combination of both proactive and reactive strategies.

Other:

What do you consider the primary challenge in implementing a proactive vulnerability management program? *

Limited resources (e.g., budget, personnel).

Lack of executive support or understanding.

Difficulty in integrating tools and processes.

Other:

In your professional opinion, which approach more effectively reduces security incidents? *

Proactive vulnerability management.

Reactive vulnerability management.

Both approaches are equally effective.

Other:

How should organizations prioritize vulnerabilities identified during assessments? *

Based on severity scores (e.g., CVSS).

According to potential business impact.

By considering exploit availability and threat intelligence.

Other:

What metrics are most effective in measuring the success of a vulnerability management program? *

Number of vulnerabilities identified and remediated over time.

Time taken to remediate critical vulnerabilities.

Reduction in security incidents or breaches.

Other:

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