Inside Network Security Assessment: Guarding Your IT Infrastructure

Network Vulnerability Assessment

How does a network vulnerability assessment fit into the risk assessment process previously discussed? The network vulnerability assessment is a tool that looks at the existing security program and analyzes it to see if it meets the organization’s needs. The network vulnerability assessment seeks to answer the following questions:

• What are the organization’s most important assets?

• Should more or fewer security countermeasures be implemented to protect them?

• What is the organization’s true security posture?

• What would be the effect of a security breach?

Types of Network Vulnerability Assessments

Network vulnerability assessments are also known as vulnerability testing, network evaluations, red-team exercises, penetration ...