Vulnerability Analysis and Vulnerability Assessment are the same but the difference is that in Vulnerability Analysis, the attacker finds the vulnerabilities to exploit while in Vulnerability Assessment, an Ethical Hacker does the Vulnerability Analysis to help the organization to find the vulnerabilities and fix them to protect the organization from cyber security attacks.
Category: Vulnerability Management
Vulnerability Assessment
Vulnerability Assessment is the process of identifying, classifying and prioritizing the vulnerabilities in Computer System, Application, Software and Network. The vulnerabilities are discovered using vulnerability scanners and assessment tools that scan/assess the infrastructure and reports the weaknesses found. The vulnerabilities are categorized (generally as high, medium, low – qualitative measurement) into different levels based on…
Vulnerability
A vulnerability is a weakness in a system, network or software/application that can be exploited to cause impact like bringing service down, data exfiltration or un-authorized access. The vulnerability can be due to the following reasons: