What Are the 5 Steps of Vulnerability Management?
Kratikal, Friday, June 12th, 2026
Effective vulnerability management requires identifying, prioritizing, acting, reassessing, and continuously improving defenses.
Vulnerability management comprises five stages: identifying genuine risks through validation, prioritizing threats by severity and business impact, implementing targeted remediation, reassessing fixes to confirm effectiveness, and continuously refining practices.
Rather than relying solely on scan output, organizations must validate findings to eliminate false positives and focus on exploitable weaknesses.
Risk-based prioritization considers asset criticality, known exploits, and business consequences beyond technical severity scores. Kratikal's AutoSecT platform uses AI to streamline this lifecycle, reduce false positives, recommend remediation, and maintain real-time visibility into security posture.