Identifying Vulnerabilities

Question 1

Explain Identifying Vulnerabilities

Answer 1

systematic practice of spotting and categorizing weaknesses in a system, network, or application that could potentially be exploited

Question 2

What is Vulnerability Scanning?

Answer 2

automated method of probing networks, systems and applications to discover potential vulnerabilities

Question 3

What is Application Security?

Answer 3

used to safeguard our software from being manipulated during its lifecycle.

Question 4

What is Static Analysis?

Answer 4

Used in application Security

going to be used to analyze an application source code without actually running or executing that source code.

Question 5

What is a Dynamic Analysis?

Answer 5

Used in Application security

evaluates an application as it’s being run to determine if there are any vulnerabilities inside of that application.

Question 6

What is Packaged Monitoring?

Answer 6

Used in application security

ensures that the libraries and components that your application depends on are secure and up to date.

Question 7

What is Penetration Testing?

Answer 7

used to simulate a real world attack on a system to evaluate its security posture

Question 8

Explain System Process and Audits

Answer 8

process that involves conducting a comprehensive review of your information systems, security policies and procedures.

Question 9

What are the steps of System Process and Audits?

Answer 9

1. Plan to track vulnerabilities and deploy fixes
2. Test patches and updates in a controlled environment
3. Implement patches across devices and applications
4. Audit to verify effective patch implementation and check for post-implementation issues