Security Assessment is generally referring to a Vulnerability Assessment which scans an organization’s infrastructure and identifies vulnerabilities (faulty firewall, lack of system updates, malware, etc.). With the assessment results, the technician can recommend steps to remedy the problems within the system.
A penetration test, or sometimes pentest, is a software attack on a computer system that looks for security weaknesses, potentially gaining access to the computer’s features and data.
Vulnerability scanner is a computer program designed to assess computers, computer systems, networks or applications for weaknesses.
Policies should be reviewed at planned intervals to ensure their continuing suitability, adequacy, and effectiveness.
Source code scanning is to analyze source code and/or compiled version of code in order to help find security flaws. Ideally, such tools would automatically find security flaws with such a high degree of confidence that what’s found is indeed a flaw.
Security Awareness Training will educate employees about corporate policies and procedures for working with information technology (IT). Employees should receive information about who to contact if they discover a security threat and be taught that data as a valuable corporate asset.
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