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TRENDING
SERVICENOW RESEARCH
UNCOVERS SECURITY’S
PATCHING PARADOX
ServiceNow report reveals that 63% of EMEA security
professionals plan to hire for vulnerability response
over the next 12 months.
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erviceNow Inc has released new
research, Today’s State of Vulnerability
Response: Patch Work Demands
Attention based on a survey conducted with
the Ponemon Institute. The report uncovered
security’s ‘patching paradox’ – hiring more
people does not equal better security. While
security teams plan to hire more staffing
resources for vulnerability response they
won’t improve their security posture if they
don’t fix broken patching processes.
Firms struggle with patching because they use
manual processes and can’t prioritise what
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needs to be patched first. The study found
that efficient vulnerability response processes
are critical because timely patching is the
most successful tactic companies employed in
avoiding security breaches.
ServiceNow surveyed nearly 3,000
security professionals to understand the
effectiveness of their vulnerability response
tools and processes.
“Adding more talent alone won’t address
the core issue plaguing today’s security
teams,” said Philip van der Wilt, General
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FIRMS STRUGGLE
WITH PATCHING
BECAUSE THEY
USE MANUAL
PROCESSES AND
CAN’T PRIORITISE
WHAT NEEDS TO
BE PATCHED FIRST.
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