Management of Information Security (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305501256
Author: Michael E. Whitman, Herbert J. Mattord
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 3, Problem 5E
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Difference between vulnerability assessment and penetration testing:
| Vulnerability assessment | Penetration testing |
| Vulnerability assessment is the process of assessment of both physical and logical vulnerabilities related to | Penetration testing is the process of testing the computer system for presence of vulnerabilities that affects the system security or confidentiality. |
| It includes two different types namely, host assessment and network assessment... |
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