Vulnerability

What is Vulnerability Assesment?

Vulnerability assessment is a process in which the IT systems such as computers, networks, and softwares such as operating systems and application softwares are scanned in order to indentify the presence of known and unknown vulnerabilities. 

Major Causes of Vulnerabilities 

 CipherTronix’s Vulnerability Assessment Model

Vulnerability Assessments are a critical requirement of certification and compliance standards like ISO 27001, HIPAA and PCI-DSS among others. CipherTronix has a cyclical model for VA which follows the standards guidelines and goes through the following stages:

1. Scope (Define the scope of assessment)
2. Reconnaissance (Optional – Enumerating the devices)
3. Vulnerability Assessment (Identification)
4. Result Analysis (Classification)
5. Reporting (Report Submission)
6. Mitigation (Report Containing Fixes for the discovered vulnerabilities)
7. Audit Report (A complete audit report of assessment)

When vulnerability is exploited it results in a security violation, which will result in a certain impact. A security violation may be an unauthorized access, escalation of privileges, or denial-of-service to the IT systems.

 Market Leaders in Vulnerability Scanning

Many tools are used in the process of identifying vulnerabilities. These tools are called vulnerability scanners. A vulnerability scanning tool can be a hardware-based appliance or a software application.

 Our Team

We have a professional & skillful team which dedicatedly acquires the current information about the vulnerabilities and their rectification methods on an ongoing basis. This assures that we have the most recent knowledge about the latest vulnerabilities and exploits which increases the quality of the overall process.