Vulnerability Classification Course

This course covers three main topics: false positives, standardized vulnerabilities and weakness classification systems and threat-based vulnerability/weakness classification.

39 minutes

Course description

In this course, you'll learn about false positives (including tips on how to identify them), standardized classification (including common vulnerabilities and exposures, and the common weaknesses enumeration systems) and threat-based classification, which involves organizing vulnerabilities based on the threat that they present to the system.

Syllabus

Threat Based Vulnerability Classification

Video - 00:08:00
We will focus on how to organize all the discovered vulnerabilities based on the threat they present.
Standardized Classification

Video - 00:22:00
Addressing common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVE) and common weaknesses enumeration (CWE) and how to use them.
Dealing with False Positives

Video - 00:09:00
How to strategically handle false positives in order to narrow down the list of vulnerabilities for further analysis.

Meet the author

Mitko Katsev

Mitko Katsev has over a decade of work experience in cybersecurity, systems architecture, and software development. His full-service security consultancy company ArmadilCo specializes in helping startups to top fortune 500 medical device manufacturers build and maintain secure systems.

Mitko has studied system programming and computer engineering and has completed several InfoSec/AppSec trainings and certifications, including SANS Defensible Security Architecture and Engineering (SEC530), SANS Defending Against Adversaries - Purple Team Tactics (SEC599), multiple Microsoft security development lifecycle (SDL) trainings and more.

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