Vulnerability Assessment (VA)
Vulnerability Assessment is also known as Vulnerability Testing. It's a software testing type performed to assess the security risks in the software system in order to diminish the probability of a threat or danger. Vulnerabilities are mistakes or weaknesses in any system's security procedures, design, implementation or any internal control. It often results in a violation of the system's security policy. In other words, the possibility for bad guys (hackers) to have unauthorized access. Vulnerability Analysis depends upon two mechanisms specifically Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT). VAPT is a combination of vulnerability assessment and penetration testing.
Case study
The vulnerabilities in a system make the business environment insecure and it is open to the cybercriminals. According to the Global Investor Survey by PwC in 2018, the investors consider cyberattacks as one of the most dangerous threats to the business after over-regulation and terrorism. There are many instances of attacks due to vulnerability in the system. Some of them include phishing, shadow IT, crypto mining, ransomware, mismanaged cloud servers, etc. There is hardly any company without facing threats because of vulnerability.
Problem statements
While running a business, you must know where the vulnerabilities are there. Data is the most important asset in your business and you can not afford to lose them. The vulnerability can leak your data to the others’ hands and you never want that. The leakage of your data may have further consequences like unauthorized access, compromising operations and putting people’s financial stability at risk. So, what are the vulnerabilities on your way to becoming a successful entrepreneur? Some mentionable ones are here-
- Hackers and Other Cybercriminals
- Inadequate Data Backup
- Unsecured Endpoints
- Criminal Activity Inside Your Organization
- Unprotected Sensitive Data
- Human Error
- Cloud Storage Apps
- Third-Party Apps
Solutions
Vulnerability assessment is the best solution for the occurring problems in your system. The best vulnerability assessment solution can find out the types of flaws in your system. For the best output of the solution, it has to follow a patterned workflow. The solution has its own methodology to provide outstanding results. Here is a glimpse of its methodology-
- Vulnerability identification (testing)
- Vulnerability analysis
- Risk assessment
- Which systems are affected ?
- What data is at risk.
- Which business functions are at risk.
- Ease of attack or compromise.
- The harshness of an attack.
- Potential damage as a result of the vulnerability.
- CMS web scan (Joomla, WordPress, Drupal, general CMS, etc.)
- Quick scan
- Most common ports best scan (i.e., 65,535 ports)
- Firewall scan
- Stealth scan
- Aggressive scan
- Full scan, exploits and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks
- Remediation
The objective of this phase is to draft an inclusive list of an application’s vulnerabilities. The applications’, servers and other systems’ security is tested by the security analysts. Both automated tools and manual tests are performed to do so. In order to identify security vulnerabilities, analysts often rely on vulnerability repositories, vendor vulnerability alerts, asset management systems, and threat intelligence feeds.
The objective of this phase is to identify the source and root cause of the vulnerabilities identified in phase one. It involves the identification of system components responsible for each vulnerability and the root cause of the vulnerability.
The objective of this step is the ranking of vulnerabilities by involving security analysts assigning a rank or severity score to each vulnerability, based on such factors as:
Related tools and plug-ins on the vulnerability assessment platform:
The objective of this phase is the closing of security gaps. It is usually a joint effort of security staff, development teams, and operations teams that decide the most effective way to fix or minimize that vulnerability.
Specific remediation steps might include:
a. Introduction of new security procedures, measures or tools.
b. The updating of operational or configuration changes.
c. Development and implementation of a vulnerability patch.
Benefits
Already you have estimated the loss that vulnerability can cause to any company. So it is a wise decision to have a vulnerability assessment solution in your system. The benefits of this are immense. Some of them are here for your consideration-
- Detects vulnerabilities and flaws in your web/mobile applications and networking system
- Estimates the effectiveness of current security safeguards and validates as well
- Finds out how risky the internal systems and confidential information are
- After detecting existing flaws, it prevents future attacks by giving detailed remediation
- Security and system updates/upgrades gain more effectiveness
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