Episode 98: Risk Management Principles for Vulnerability Response

Effective vulnerability management is built on sound risk management principles. In this episode, we explore the four classic risk response strategies—accept, avoid, transfer, and mitigate—and how they apply to real-world cybersecurity scenarios. You'll learn how security analysts recommend and evaluate responses based on the nature of the vulnerability, the criticality of the asset, the threat landscape, and the organization's tolerance for risk.

We also walk through how these decisions are documented and communicated to decision-makers, and how they influence scan reporting, patch prioritization, and remediation tracking. Understanding risk response is essential not only for the CySA+ exam but also for demonstrating business-aligned thinking in your analyst role. This episode gives you a framework for making smarter, more defensible security decisions under pressure. Brought to you by BareMetalCyber.com