Security content automation protocol or SCAP is a suite of specifications that regulates the method for communicating software flaw and security configuration information between machines and humans. [1] It provides automated and standardized approach for implementing baseline security configurations, checking that the patches for security vulnerabilities exist, monitoring the system security, checking if system is compromised and being able to establish the exact the posture of security for a system or organization at any given point of time. Determining the security posture is a challenge because of a number of reasons such as the number and variety of systems to secure, the need to quickly respond to new threats and the lack of …show more content…
• Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) has the nomenclature and glossary for the software flaws related to security and is maintained by MITRE Corporation.
Vulnerability Measurement and Scoring group includes the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) which has terms for measuring the relative severity of software flaw vulnerability. It is maintained by Forum of Incident Response and Security Terms (FIRST).
Expression and Checking Languages includes the following:
• Extensible Configuration Checklist Description Format (XCCDF) is the language used to specify checklists and report the results of the checklist. It is maintained by National Security Agency (NSA) and NIST.
• Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language (OVAL) is a language which specifies procedures employed by checklists for low-level testing. It is maintained by MITRE Corporation.
SCAP has many applications such as automation in checking for known vulnerabilities, report generation linking low-level settings to high-level requirements. Security configuration verification, requirements traceability, standardized security enumeration and vulnerability measurement are the four categories of common uses of the SCAP. SCAP checklist is used to check patches which are missing and installing them. [2]
Detectable traces of attacks are left on the system which is compromised. Checksum of malicious file or existence of particular service can be the methods for discovering evidence of a particular
Critical “1” risk, threats, and vulnerability User Domain Risks Threats, and Vulnerabilities Risk Impact/Factor None Critical
A vulnerability assessment is a risk testing process which finds, quantity and rank possible vulnerabilities to threats in as many security defects as possible in a given timeframe. Depend upon organization scope there are many way to conduct vulnerability assessment. This assessment may involve automated and manual techniques.
HTML5 will also allow pen-testers to review new scans, create new policies, and view scans from any device on the scanner, which means the entire network will be secure. This magnificent security tool is capable of providing any vulnerability within the IP address range, network or host located on the network. Within the configuration and compliance auditing, it can be compared to the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP), which is a method used to enable automated vulnerability management (National Institute of Standards and Technology, 2016). Nessus will also ensure the system is configured to be compliant within the security structure of Windows, Linux, Mac OS and applications. One more feature included is the integration of patch management, which allows patch information to be retrieved and to be included in the patch management report. Nessus will go one step further and check to ensure that patches have been properly installed, will audit mobile device weaknesses, gathering data and writing reports about potential threats for the devices connected to the network, whether it be iOS, Android, or Windows operating
Since the system/application domain involves business’s mission-critical systems and applications, as well as data, it is important to ensure security of this domain. Failure to do so can result in a large loss of information and can ultimately lead to the cease of productions. This will ensure the protection of confidential data and its integrity. By implementing monitoring software tools, this will analyze any potential vulnerability that may exist on the
Companies should develop a control that requires that routine vulnerability assessment of their customer facing web sites, network infrastructure, and associated systems (such as database systems). Vulnerability assessment can help identify potential weaknesses to systems and also provide a sort of feedback to the organization’s IT department on their current operational policy and security posture. The cost of performing a routine vulnerability assessment is considerably less than that of an actual data breach.
Target of Evaluation: An IT system, product or component that is identified/subjected to require security evaluation.
9. Which domains need software vulnerability assessments to mitigate risk from software vulnerabilities? The end point or workstation.
is a database of known software vulnerabilities and exposures and how to mitigate them with
1.19 (U) Critical Elements. The Critical Elements are the specific elements that are both critical to the successful operation of the system and contribute to the national security advantage. Information pertaining to components, parts, and materials that are peculiar and critical to the successful operation of the system are identified as Critical Program Information (CPI) and Critical Components (CC). It is these pieces of information or technology that must be protected. Protecting the CPI and CC consists of protecting both the CPI and CC lists themselves in addition to CPI protection countermeasures. The CCs are commercial units and are not protected by security classification, however, the list of CCs is protected. The security classification
8. Once a vulnerability is identified by Nessus®, where can you check for more information regarding the identified vulnerability, exploits, and the risk mitigation solution?
Armando, A., Basin, D., Boichut, Y., Chevalier, Y., Compagna, L., Cuéllar, J., ... & Vigneron, L. (2005, January). The AVISPA tool for the automated validation of internet security protocols and applications. In Computer Aided Verification (pp. 281-285). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
approved by the instrument developers. Scores are calculated and translate into one of four risk
Security Analyst: Scans the application, triage it and comes out with the Security Assessment report.
In the three maintained products the threats and risks are to be identified. Such as the data base securing, user identification, authorizing proper managers, protections from hackers and updated firewalls and less vulnerable software.