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Shobhit Mehta
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Shobhit Mehta

Shobhit Mehta is the Security and Compliance Director at Headspace, an on-demand mental health company in San Francisco, CA. Previously, he worked in different facets of security and assurance with HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, PayPal, and Fidelity Investments. He also works with ISACA to develop exam questions for CISA, CISM, and CGEIT, served as the technical reviewer for the CGEIT and CISA review manuals, and is a published author for the COBIT 5 journal. He completed his MS in cybersecurity at Northeastern University, Boston, and holds CRISC, CISM, CISA, CGEIT, CISSP, and CCSP certifications. In his spare time, he likes to explore the inclined trails of the Bay Area, complete ultramarathons, and blog on GRCMusings.
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Vulnerability analysis

A risk manager must dedicate sufficient time and resources to ensure the vulnerabilities identified using threat modeling are actioned. The first step that must be performed after identifying these vulnerabilities is to ensure that vulnerabilities are categorized per their severity. Analysis must also be performed on the implemented controls.

Organizations may choose to adopt a nomenclature to define the severity of the vulnerability. As an industry practice, vulnerabilities are quantified as Critical, High, Medium, Low, and Informational. Organizations and vulnerability assessment tools use the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) to quantify vulnerabilities. A risk manager must prioritize the Critical and High vulnerabilities to be remediated as soon as practical and analyze the implemented controls periodically.

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ISACA Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC®) Exam Guide
Published in: Sep 2023Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781803236902

Author (1)

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Shobhit Mehta

Shobhit Mehta is the Security and Compliance Director at Headspace, an on-demand mental health company in San Francisco, CA. Previously, he worked in different facets of security and assurance with HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, PayPal, and Fidelity Investments. He also works with ISACA to develop exam questions for CISA, CISM, and CGEIT, served as the technical reviewer for the CGEIT and CISA review manuals, and is a published author for the COBIT 5 journal. He completed his MS in cybersecurity at Northeastern University, Boston, and holds CRISC, CISM, CISA, CGEIT, CISSP, and CCSP certifications. In his spare time, he likes to explore the inclined trails of the Bay Area, complete ultramarathons, and blog on GRCMusings.
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