Management Of Information Security
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Chapter 11, Problem 19RQ
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Vulnerability assessment:
- Vulnerability assessment is the process of assessment of both physical and logical vulnerabilities related to
information security . - It can both technical and non-technical.
- Example: Authentication vulnerability, Authorization vulnerability and Input validation vulnerability.
- It includes two different types namely, host assessment and network assessment.
Explanation of Solution
Justification:
“Yes” other than the above assessments, there are many other vulnerability assessment processes.
Reason:
- Some other assessment processes that might exist are documenting vulnerabilities and remediating vulnerabilities...
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