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A vulnerability assessment is the process of identifying, quantifying, and prioritizing (or ranking) the vulnerabilities in a system. Examples of systems for which vulnerability assessments are performed include, but are not limited to, information technology systems, energy supply systems, water supply systems, transportation systems, and communication systems.
Vulnerability assessment (computing) Vulnerability assessment is a process of defining, identifying and classifying the security holes in information technology systems. An attacker can exploit a vulnerability to violate the security of a system. Some known vulnerabilities are Authentication Vulnerability, Authorization Vulnerability and Input ...
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is a free and open industry standard for assessing the severity of computer system security vulnerabilities. CVSS attempts to assign severity scores to vulnerabilities, allowing responders to prioritize responses and resources according to threat. Scores are calculated based on a formula that ...
Burp Suite. Burp Suite is a proprietary software tool for security assessment and penetration testing of web applications. [1][2] It software was initially developed in 2003-2006 by Dafydd Stuttard [3] to automate his own security testing needs, after realizing the capabilities of automatable web tools like Selenium. [4]
Security testing. Security testing is a process intended to detect flaws in the security mechanisms of an information system and as such help enable it to protect data and maintain functionality as intended. [1] Due to the logical limitations of security testing, passing the security testing process is not an indication that no flaws exist or ...
Penetration test. A penetration test, colloquially known as a pentest, is an authorized simulated cyberattack on a computer system, performed to evaluate the security of the system; [1] this is not to be confused with a vulnerability assessment. [2] The test is performed to identify weaknesses (or vulnerabilities), including the potential for ...
Speculative Store Bypass ( SSB) ( CVE - 2018-3639) is the name given to a hardware security vulnerability and its exploitation that takes advantage of speculative execution in a similar way to the Meltdown and Spectre security vulnerabilities. [ 1] It affects the ARM, AMD and Intel families of processors. It was discovered by researchers at ...
OWASP. The Open Worldwide Application Security Project [7] (OWASP) is an online community that produces freely available articles, methodologies, documentation, tools, and technologies in the fields of IoT, system software and web application security. [8][9][10] The OWASP provides free and open resources.