A focused guide to help lean IT teams cut through alert noise, prioritize what truly matters, and build a scalable, risk-based vulnerability management program.
Proactive Defense: A Lean IT Team Guide to Effective Threat & Vulnerability Management
Lean IT teams face the challenge of defending enterprise-scale environments with limited resources. This eBook shows how to move beyond reactive security and build a focused, risk-based vulnerability management strategy that reduces exposure without adding complexity. Learn how to identify, prioritize, and remediate real threats using structured frameworks, automation, and smarter prioritization—so your team can protect more with less.
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What you’ll learn
- Why reactive security fails lean IT teams — and how to build a proactive defense.
- How to prioritize vulnerabilities based on risk, not noise or alert volume.
- A step-by-step framework for building a scalable Threat & Vulnerability Management (TVM) program.
- How to integrate CVSS, EPSS, and CISA KEV data for smarter prioritization.
- Strategies to operationalize remediation with clear ownership and SLAs.
- Practical methods to track performance, measure MTTR, and reduce exposure.
- Common pitfalls to avoid and how to scale TVM maturity effectively.
Who it’s for:
CISOs, IT Managers, Security Directors, and lean IT teams responsible for managing vulnerabilities, reducing cyber risk, and maintaining compliance without adding headcount.
What’s inside
- Ch. 1: What is Threat & Vulnerability Management?
- Ch. 2: The hidden cost of reactive security
- Ch. 3: Building a risk-based TVM program for lean IT teams
- Ch. 4: Prioritization frameworks — not all vulnerabilities are equal
- Ch. 5: How to operationalize remediation (even with limited staff)
- Ch. 6: Where to begin and how to scale
- Conclusion: Moving forward with confidence (p. 19)
