Network Security Assessment: From Vulnerability to Patch

Chapter 5. Vulnerability Assessment: Step Two

Solutions in this chapter

• An Effective Scanning Program

• Scanning Your Network

• When to Scan

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Introduction

In the preceding chapter, we talked about the boring but necessary first steps of conducting a vulnerability assessment. This chapter will expand on that and move into the more enjoyable steps of actually identifying and confirming vulnerable systems. This ...