Foundation glossary/Vuln mgmt

CVSS

Companion card for the Foundation course — study the related lesson for full progress.

Simple explanation

A severity score for a software weakness.

Technical explanation

Common Vulnerability Scoring System — technical severity.

Real-life scenario

Helps IT decide: patch the VPN appliance tonight vs next month.

Security relevance

Helps prioritize patches — still needs business context.

Practical example

Remote unauth RCE often Critical.

CVSS expresses technical severity.

Mini quiz

CVSS primarily measures:

Related lesson

No direct lesson slug yet — use the Foundation course syllabus or roadmap level vuln-assessment.