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Patch, Ditch, Dodge, or Deal? Your Call on Vulnerabilities

Patch, Ditch, Dodge, or Deal? Your Call on Vulnerabilities

Security teams are drowning in vulnerabilities. Cloud native environments can generate tens of thousands of new findings every month, even before factoring in CI/CD pipelines and third party dependencies. With this volume, the challenge is not just finding vulnerabilities, it is deciding what to do about them. Fix everything? Impossible. Ignore everything? Risky. The key is smart prioritization, responding based on real world context, not just CVSS scores.

To help, we have distilled vulnerability response into four practical paths: Remove It, Fix It, Mitigate It, or Accept the Risk. The trick is knowing which path fits your scenario. Our infographic is a quick decision tree to guide your response so you can move from overwhelmed to in control.

Explore the four paths below and get clarity on how to act when the next CVE hits.

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Erin Stephan
Erin Stephan is the Director of Product Marketing for Aqua's Cloud Security portfolio. Erin has more than 10 years of product marketing experience in data protection and cybersecurity. She enjoys connecting with people, helping to articulate their challenges, and bringing products and solutions to the market that help solve those challenges. In her free time, you can find her catching a flight to a new city, shopping for new home décor, or taking a spin class.