Ox Security has advised organizations to reconsider their approach to patching vulnerabilities in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. An analysis of over 200 environments revealed that not all listed vulnerabilities pose real-world risks, particularly in cloud container contexts. Security teams should prioritize vulnerabilities based on contextual relevance instead of applying a one-size-fits-all urgency. The study underscores that treating all KEV items equally can overwhelm security resources and detract from addressing genuinely critical threats effectively.
Organizations needn't rush to patch 'critical' security flaws listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, according to a study from Ox Security.
Treating all KEV vulnerabilities with equal urgency, as is sometimes demanded by compliance regulations, creates unnecessary workload for security teams.
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