Azure DevOps Academy · Security Playbooks

Critical Vulnerability Response

Coordinate rapid risk assessment, mitigation and verification for critical vulnerabilities.

Objective: Reduce exposure quickly without introducing unmanaged production risk.

Practical guidance

Assess

01

Confirm affected versions and reachable assets

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02

Determine exploitability and business impact

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03

Identify compensating controls and dependencies

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04

Assign decision ownership and communication cadence

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Practical guidance

Remediate

01

Test vendor guidance in a representative environment

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02

Deploy mitigation using controlled change

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03

Verify service health and security telemetry

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04

Track residual risk through formal acceptance

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