In-depth malware analysis can be part of a comprehensive vulnerability management strategy. Here's how to get started.

 

By Neil Roiter, Dark Reading
September 30, 2011 02:47 PM


Vulnerability management translates into reduced risk, not invulnerability. Your antivirus and intrusion detection/prevention systems can't detect and stop every piece of malware. Even as our security programs mature and our security tools become more sophisticated, attackers have gotten too good at getting into our networks.


A layered defense-in-depth requires enterprises to augment their vulnerability management, malware prevention, and intrusion detection programs with malware analysis. The goal: to identify and assess threats on the corporate network and respond quickly to contain and mitigate the impact and remediate the damage.