What is vulnerability assessment?

In an IT space, vulnerability assessment is the process of identifying and classifying security holes in an organization's system, network, and communication infrastructure, which can be affected by an internal or external threat. Vulnerability assessments typically involve the use of highly automated testing tools such as cloud-hosted instances and network security scanner appliances for internal scans. The results of this are typically provided along with weakness and appropriate solutions. When it comes to identifying such security loopholes, we now need to decide whether we opt for an FAQ, vulnerability assessment, penetration test or compliance test. In fact, vulnerability assessment and penetration ...

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