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DETECTION & MONITORING · FINANCIAL SECURITY GLOSSARY

Vulnerability Management

The continuous process of identifying, assessing, prioritizing and remediating security weaknesses.

QUICK DEFINITION

Vulnerability Management — The continuous process of identifying, assessing, prioritizing and remediating security weaknesses.

WHY IT MATTERS

Why Vulnerability Management matters in finance

Unaddressed vulnerabilities can become entry points into critical financial systems.

FINANCIAL SYSTEM CONTEXT

Security is also a market-infrastructure question

In financial services, vulnerability management should be understood in relation to operational continuity, data integrity, payments, market infrastructure and interconnected dependencies. A control can be technically effective while still leaving material resilience risk if critical services cannot continue or recover during disruption.

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