Combining policy compliance and vulnerability management for risk assessment

Abstract

An apparatus, a method, and a computer program product are provided that combine policy compliance with vulnerability management to provide a more accurate risk assessment of an environment. The method includes training a policy machine learning model using a first training dataset to generate a policy machine learning model to produce mitigation technique classifications and training a vulnerability machine learning model using a second training dataset to generate a vulnerability machine learning model to produce weakness type classifications. The method also includes mapping the mitigation technique classifications to attack techniques to produce a policy mapping and mapping the weakness type classifications to the attack techniques to produce a vulnerability mapping. The method further includes producing a risk assessment of a vulnerability based on the policy mapping and the vulnerability mapping.