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What is a vulnerability assessment?
Vulnerability assessment is the process of defining, identifying, classifying, and prioritizing vulnerabilities in systems, applications, and networks. It provides an organization with the needed visibility into the risks that exist concerning external threats designed to take advantage of vulnerabilities. At a tactical level, the vulnerability assessment process can help organizations identify potential methods of unauthorized access by which threats can gain entry to the organization’s network. Assessments (and fixes based on the results) need to be performed before the vulnerabilities found can be exploited.
Every organization faces the risk of cyberattacks—regardless of organization size—so it’s beneficial to perform some form of vulnerability assessment regularly. Larger enterprises and those organizations experiencing ongoing attacks may benefit most. Assessments can be performed by internal IT security teams or outsourced to third…
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July 08, 2020 at 09:10PM
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