Ethical Hacking What Is Vulnerability Identification
What is a vulnerability? A vulnerability is a flaw that could lead to the compromise of the confidentiality, integrity or availability of an information system. Vulnerability identification involves the process of discovering vulnerabilities and documenting these into an inventory within the target environment. Special care should be taken so as not to go out of scope of the allowed targets to identify vulnerabilities on. If care is not taken, there are consequences that can follow: for instance, disruption of service, breach of trust between yourself and the client or, worst of all, legal action against you by the client....