IT Vulnerability Assessment

What is Vulnerability Assessment

Vulnerability Assessment is also known as Vulnerability Testing. It is a process of evaluating security risks in software systems to reduce the probability of threats. The main purpose of vulnerability testing is to reduce the chance for hackers to get unauthorized entrance to systems. IT Vulnerability Assessment is any mistake or fault in the system’s security methods, design, implementation, or any inside control that may occur in the violation of the system's security scheme.

Improved transparency into the internal and external perimeters of your system is crucial in concluding where your security requires to be strengthened. With IT Vulnerability Assessment, you receive an important baseline for determining suitable protection and remediation actions to further secure your network, as well as a customized report planning key actions.

An IT vulnerability assessment helps organizations to

• Detect the security loopholes in their security setting and sort them based on their consequences that can be caused.
• Fix those security vulnerabilities before a hacker finds and exploits them.
• Knowing of their IT infrastructure and taking a proactive strategy towards cybersecurity.
• Maintaining data highly secured thereby gaining boosted website rankings while searching in search engines (Google predominantly shows websites on 1st page that are secured).
• A secured website obtains positive appreciation from customers which in turn enhances their count and profits businesses for companies.

Why we need Vulnerability Assessment

• It is essential for the security of your company data.
• The method of finding and reporting the vulnerabilities, which gives a way to identify and solve security problems by ordering the vulnerabilities before someone or something can misuse them.
• In this method application software, operating systems, and network channels are scanned to classify the existence of IT vulnerabilities, which include improper software design, unsafe authentication, etc.

Advantages of Vulnerability Assessment

• Open Source tools are available.
• Identifies almost all vulnerabilities
• Automated for Scanning.
• Easy to run regularly.