Making vulnerability management and incident response actually work. Also, the News! - Ryan Fried, Beck Norris, José Toledo - ESW #442

Making vulnerability management and incident response actually work. Also, the News! - Ryan Fried, Beck Norris, José Toledo - ESW #442

Published: January 19, 2026

Duration: 1:43:26

Segment 1 with Beck Norris - Making vulnerability management actually work

Vulnerability management is often treated as a tooling or patching problem, yet many organizations struggle to reduce real cyber risk despite heavy investment. In this episode, Beck Norris explains why effective vulnerability management starts with governance and risk context, depends on multiple interconnected security disciplines, and ultimately succeeds or fails based on accountability, metrics, and operational maturity.

Drawing from the aviation industry—one of the most regulated and safety-critical environments—Beck translates lessons that apply broadly across regulated and large-scale enterprises, including healthcare, financial services, and...