Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing is a form of security testing, aimed at identifying security vulnerabilities in an application, network, endpoint, and cloud. Both the Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing have unique strengths and are often collectively done to achieve a complete analysis. Vulnerability Assessment scans the digital assets and notifies organisations about pre-existing flaws. Penetration test exploits the vulnerabilities in the system & determines the security gaps.
Vulnerabilities exist in all levels of a computing system (on-premise and cloud) regardless of the organisation’s size. There’s a big misconception that small and medium-sized businesses are spared by cyber attackers. But this is far from reality. As the security of small businesses is usually relaxed, attackers incline towards them. Many times, organisations say they don’t require vulnerability risk assessments because they’re such a small organisation. But this false belief could prove very costly for a business, big or small – SME or MNC. The security loopholes in your IT infrastructure include: Poor software design, poor authentication system, misconfigured system, unsecured networks and vulnerable endpoints.