Network Security Assessment: From Vulnerability to Patch

Chapter 2. Vulnerability Assessment 101

Solutions in this chapter

• What Is a Vulnerability Assessment?

• Seeking Out Vulnerabilities

• Detecting Vulnerabilities via Security Technologies

• The Importance of Seeking Out Vulnerabilities

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Introduction

Vulnerabilities exist; they always have and always will. Just think of the potential impact to the economy if vulnerabilities weren’t present, at least in commercial-grade ...