What Is Vulnerability Assessment?
Almantas Kakareka, Terremark Worldwide, Inc.
In computer security, the term vulnerability is applied to a weakness in a system that allows an attacker to violate the integrity of that system. Vulnerabilities may result from weak passwords, software bugs, a computer virus or other malware (malicious software), a script code injection, or an SQL injection, just to name a few.
A security risk is classified as vulnerability if it is recognized as a possible means of attack. A security risk with one or more known instances of a working or fully implemented attack is classified as an exploit. Constructs in programming languages that are difficult to use properly can be large sources of vulnerabilities.
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