What Is Application Vulnerability Assessment?

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In the IT field, information systems are more prone to vulnerability through spy threats. These happen when the security systems of the network are weak. There are specialists for analyzing the security threats and finding out where the system is susceptible to the attack.

The existence of an information system is based on the functioning of the application. The application vulnerability assessment is very crucial for smooth functioning as well as keeping the data safe. Some of the vulnerability assessments are SQL injection, XSS, and other code injections, preventing false authentication mechanisms and preventing insecure defaults. The vulnerability scanners are available in open-source platforms also. Grabber, Vega, Zed attack proxy, Wapiti, Webs crab are some of the open-source platforms.

Types of Application Vulnerability Assessment

Several types of vulnerability assessments exist.

Hot assessment – it is the assessment of the critical servers which is more prone to attackers.

Network and wireless assessment – it is the application vulnerability assessment or policies to prevent unauthorized access to the public or private networks

Database assessment – it is the assessment of the database systems. Identifying insecure databases and categories the organization’s data.

Application Scans – it is the process of identifying the vulnerability in the applications. It is rectified by analyzing the source code.

The Process of Vulnerability Assessment

The security scanning process consists of four steps – testing, analysis, assessment, and remediation.

Vulnerability identification – is the process of identifying the vulnerability. In the first step, a list is made with applications of vulnerability. Analysts test the security of applications, servers, and other systems by scanning. also, they check the vulnerability database.

Vulnerability analysis – this step source out the root cause of the vulnerability. Identify the system which is the root cause of the vulnerability. This identification phase clears a path to remediation.

Risk assessment – in this phase they prioritize the vulnerability. It analyses the system, database, and functions. Based on it prioritize the remediation activities.

Remediation – It introduces new security procedures. Updating configurational changes and develop and implementation of vulnerability patch.

These are some of the important steps in the process of vulnerability assessment.