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Old Threats Never Die

Category: Security

Tags: infrastructure

Overview The vulnerability lifecycle should affect how organizations manage the security of their networked infrastructure. The Eradicated phase of the lifecycle does not mean that vulnerabilities are gone forever or dormant. Instead, the tail of the vulnerability lifecycle represents a constantly circulating threat to vulnerable systems. Once a vulnerability reaches the Eradicated phase, it simply becomes part of the background noise of Internet traffic. This white paper explains about the effects of old threats.

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Publisher
IBM
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PDF
Date Published
Apr 3, 2008
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White Papers
Topics
Network Security

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