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SERVICENOW RESEARCH
UNCOVERS SECURITY’S
‘PATCHING PARADOX’
A report from ServiceNow has found that 63% of EMEA
security professionals plan to hire additional staff
to deal with vulnerability response over the next 12
months. But Philip van der Wilt, of ServiceNow, argues
that more talent alone won’t solve the problem.
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erviceNow 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 – and may need to do so – 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
needs to be patched first. The study found
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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. Vulnerability response is the
process companies use to prioritise and
remediate flaws in software that could serve
as attack vectors.
“Adding more talent alone won’t address
the core issue plaguing today’s security
teams,” said Philip van der Wilt, General
Manager and Vice President Sales EMEA,
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TIMELY PATCHING
IS THE MOST
SUCCESSFUL
TACTIC
COMPANIES
EMPLOYED
IN AVOIDING
SECURITY
BREACHES.
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