Vulnerability management is a critical aspect of cybersecurity. While cybersecurity is often perceived as a specialized field, existing cybersecurity bodies of knowledge provide a wealth of accessible content. Nonspecialists can draw on this material to design systems for security, provided they adopt a disciplined, integrative approach grounded in an informed understanding of cybersecurity concepts and frameworks. In this tutorial, we first offer a conceptual framework for systematically managing vulnerability management. Then, we exemplify the practical use of this framework while exercising automated reasoning based on a symbolic artificial intelligence (AI) model. We conclude by highlighting further potential of AI in vulnerability management.

Participants will be able to:

• Understand core concepts of cybersecurity in system design context.

• Be able to adopt a practical, systematic approach to vulnerability management.

• Explore and learn about the potential of neurosymbolic AI for vulnerability management.