A guide to vulnerability remediation vs mitigation
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Summary
Mitigation reduces risk when an immediate fix is impossible — access controls, segmentation, encryption — while remediation is the eventual full fix; plus metrics and the role of EASM tools.
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--- id: 540 title: "A guide to vulnerability remediation vs mitigation" source_domain: bugcrowd.com source_url: "https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/a-guide-to-vulnerability-remediation-vs-mitigation/" published_at: "2025-10-31 19:32" tags: ["vulnerability-management", "remediation", "risk-management", "bugcrowd", "mitigation", "easm"] phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/540" lang: en --- # A guide to vulnerability remediation vs mitigation ## Summary Mitigation reduces risk when an immediate fix is impossible — access controls, segmentation, encryption — while remediation is the eventual full fix; plus metrics and the role of EASM tools. ## Intelligence Metadata - **Sources:** bugcrowd.com - **Published:** 2025-10-31 19:32 - **Original:** https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/a-guide-to-vulnerability-remediation-vs-mitigation/ - **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/540