Review NIST’s guidelines for Patch Management at https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-40/rev-3/final . Next research the Equifax breach that occured last year. Analyze the breach in the context of NIST’s recommendations.

Discussion Question: Review NIST’s guidelines for Patch Management at https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-4… . Next research the Equifax breach that occured last year. Analyze the breach in the context of NIST’s recommendations. What was Equifax lacking that contributed to the breach? Research and discuss how much this breach will this likely cost them? What steps you would take if you were tasked with managing that system to ensure that this didn’t happen again? What policies might you need to create? What controls in those policies Remember –

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