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Compensating Controls for Unpatchable Vulnerabilities

7 chapters · 33 lessons

1. 1. When Patch-Centric Workflows Break Down

   4 lessons

   Identify scenarios where traditional remediation fails and learn the business and technical drivers behind unpatchable vulnerabilities.

2. 2. Attack Surface Assessment for Unpatchable Systems

   4 lessons

   Map exposure vectors and prioritize vulnerabilities based on exploitability rather than just severity scores.

3. 3. Isolation Strategies and Network Segmentation

   5 lessons

   Implement rapid exposure reduction through VLANs, firewall rules, and access control changes.

4. 4. Mitigation Configuration and Feature Disablement

   5 lessons

   Reduce exploitability through protocol restrictions, service hardening, and access control tuning.

5. 5. Detection Coverage and Monitoring for Residual Risk

   5 lessons

   Deploy logging, alerting, and anomaly detection to catch exploitation attempts against unpatched systems.

6. 6. Explicit Risk Acceptance and Documentation

   5 lessons

   Formalize residual risk ownership with documented controls, review cycles, and audit trails.

7. 7. Building a Dual-Track Vulnerability Management Program

   5 lessons

   Integrate compensating control workflows into existing vulnerability management processes and tooling.