Which of the following statements highlights the difference between a vulnerability assessment and a penetration test?

Last Updated on August 15, 2021 by Admin 2

Which of the following statements highlights the difference between a vulnerability assessment and a penetration test?

  • A vulnerability assessment identifies and ranks the vulnerabilities, and a penetration test exploits the identified vulnerabilities for validation and to determine impact.
  • A vulnerability assessment focuses on low severity vulnerabilities and pen testing focuses on high severity vulnerabilities.
  • A vulnerability assessment requires only automated tools to discover the vulnerabilities whereas pen testing also involves manual discovery of vulnerabilities.
  • A vulnerability assessment is performed only on software components of an information system, whereas pen testing is performed on all hardware and software components of the system.
0 0 votes
Article Rating
Subscribe
Notify of
guest
0 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments