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Vulnerability scanning

nounid 4636·updated May 9, 2026
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An automated process to proactively identify security weaknesses in a network or individual system

MWE

Attested in

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems3 citations · 3 machine-matched · observed 2026-09-01 under anchor/0.9/36451/2026-09-01
03.01.05.d ¶ 103.11.02.c ¶ 103.11.02.c ¶ 1

Classifications

Entity Type

Vulnerability95%rule-basedr:entity.vulnerability.cve.v1

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Vulnerability scannings
possessive
Vulnerability scanning's
pluralpossessive
Vulnerability scannings'

Framework definitions

ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary1 senseview framework →
§1
An automated process to proactively identify security weaknesses in a network or individual system
NIST SP 800-171r31 senseview framework →
§1 · attested_usage_pack_match
No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 2 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.
Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
An automated process to proactively identify security weaknesses in a network or individual system
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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