Security News > 2023 > October > Vulnerability management metrics: How to measure success

Without the right metrics, vulnerability management is pretty pointless.

Intruder makes vulnerability management easy by explaining the risks and providing actionable remediation advice.

3 top metrics for every vulnerability management program Scan coverage.

Are you capturing everything from every asset in your IT environment? Modern scanners like Intruder provide automated, audit-ready reports, but it's important to know where all your digital assets are to avoid blind spots, unpatched systems and inaccurate reporting - which is why asset discovery is integral to successful vulnerability management.

Where are vulnerability management metrics heading? Average time to detect.

You'll have a total number of assets that you know are exposed or that you've found, but how many of those are covered by the vulnerability management program? What you want to see is the percentage of assets that are protected by your vulnerability management program across your attack surface, discovered or undiscovered.

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