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Vulnerability AssessmentVulnerability assessment is the process of identifying and quantifying vulnerabilities in a system. The system being studied could be a physical facility like a nuclear power plant, a computer system, or a larger system (for example the communications infrastructure or water infrastructure of a region). Vulnerability assessment has many things in common with risk assessment. Assessments are typically performed according to the following steps: - Cataloging assets and capabilities (resources) in a system
- Assigning quantifiable value and importance to the resources
- Identifying the vulnerabilities or potential threats to each resource
- Mitigating or eliminating the most serious vulnerabilities for the most valuable resources
In relationship to computers, vulernability assesment is also known as "white hat hacking" See also: operations research, computer security
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