Vulnerability analysis

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Systematic examination of an information system or product to determine the adequacy of security measures, identify security deficiencies, provide data from which to predict the effectiveness of proposed security measures, and confirm the adequacy of such measures after implementation.

MWEFederal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary

Senses

1 more sense beyond the canonical

ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary

A process of identifying and classifying vulnerabilities

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Vulnerability analyses
possessive: Vulnerability analysis's
pluralpossessive: Vulnerability analyses'

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