We only got two days into 2018 before the announcement of the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. This seems to be the norm today, with those of us in information security living from one vulnerability to the next. The vulnerabilities themselves were just the tip of the iceberg, as confusion reigned over which patches worked and what the negative consequences were over installing others. The best we can do is to insulate ourselves from the possible impacts and have a good plan to address any such announcement that comes up as efficiently as possible.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3253251/becoming-vulnerability-agnostic.html