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1VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT
Vulnerability assessment in the system:
Vulnerability assessment in the system defines the process of identifying and giving
priority of the vulnerability in the system. The assessment of the vulnerability includes
assessment of the information technology, supply of the energy, transportation and the
communication system in the system. The assessment can be done on different organization
type and size (Fang et al., 2018). Vulnerability assessment is almost similar to the assessment
of the risks assessment.
The main objective of the vulnerability assessment is to identify the security
loopholes in the system before someone can exploit the loopholes. One of the techniques for
the assessment of the vulnerabilities is to develop the intrusion detection system to determine
how the technique works.
The assessment of the vulnerability is dependent between the comparisons of different
solutions, however, the focus is given on a single output. The output is the report that
identifies all the vulnerabilities present in the system.
Steps for conducting the assessment:
There are different vulnerability assessments. However the general steps for the
vulnerability assessment is mentioned below;
1. Initial assessment: In this stage the identification of the assets and risks present in the
system are evaluated. The identification of the risks along with the analysis and the
business impact analysis are done in this stage.
2. Definition of the system baseline: In this stage the gathering of the information
regarding the system is done so that the vulnerability assessment can be done in a
proper way.