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Known exploitation is an important signal

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency maintains the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as a living list of vulnerabilities supported by evidence of active exploitation. CISA recommends that organizations use the catalog as an input to vulnerability-management prioritization.

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A CVSS score remains useful, but it does not describe the whole operational picture. Confirmed exploitation, exposure, available attack paths, asset value, compensating controls, and business recovery requirements can make a lower-scored issue more urgent than a higher-scored issue on an isolated system.

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A practical prioritization sequence

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  1. Match KEV entries and vendor advisories against a current asset inventory.
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  2. Confirm affected versions instead of relying only on product names.
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  3. Identify internet-facing, identity-connected, privileged, or safety-critical systems.
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  4. Review vendor remediation instructions and known deployment constraints.
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  5. Apply available mitigations when a patch cannot be deployed immediately.
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  6. Test, deploy, and validate remediation using documented change control.
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  7. Track exceptions with a named owner, rationale, compensating controls, and due date.
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Where DSE adds context

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Physical security devices increasingly share the same networks, identity systems, storage, and cloud services as other business technology. Where included in the agreed service scope and supported by current inventory records, DSE can help customers connect vendor advisories to the actual camera, access-control, network, server, and endpoint estate rather than treating each system as a separate island.

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