A recent vulnerability scan revealed multiple critical security issues within your network. As a cybersecurity analyst, what should be your first step to identify the affected hosts?
Inform stakeholders about potential risks.
Conduct another vulnerability scan to verify the results.
Map the identified vulnerabilities to the specific hosts on the network.
The correct first step is to map the identified vulnerabilities to the specific hosts on the network. This helps in prioritizing the mitigation efforts based on the risk each affected host poses. Conducting another scan without any remediation processes or informing stakeholders without detailed information can lead to hasty decisions and unnecessary panic. Similarly, applying patches broadly without identifying which hosts are affected first is inefficient and may not address the most critical issues.
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