---
id: 8018
title: "What Not to Do When Ingesting and Prioritizing Vulnerability Data for Remediation"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/executive-blog/vulnerability-management/what-not-to-do-when-ingesting-and-prioritizing-vulnerability-data-for-remediation/"
published_at: "2020-12-01T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["vulnerability-management", "risk-management", "scanning", "prioritization", "lessons-learned"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8018"
lang: en
---

# What Not to Do When Ingesting and Prioritizing Vulnerability Data for Remediation

## Summary

A security veteran recounts letting a scanner dump 11,000 findings into a spreadsheet, missing the one critical finding, and lessons on prioritizing vulnerability data for meaningful remediation.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/executive-blog/vulnerability-management/what-not-to-do-when-ingesting-and-prioritizing-vulnerability-data-for-remediation/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8018