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Vulnerability
vulnerability is a weakness which allows an attacker to reduce a system’s security.
Vulnerability scanning usually refers to the scanning of systems that are connected to the
Internet.
It can also refer to system scanning or audits on internal networks that are not connected to the
Internet in order to assess the threat of malicious software.
It is possible to know the basic security measures when installing and managing network and
websites. but it is not possible to catch all the vulnerabilities reside in the network and
websites.
The vulnerability scanners provide you the automate security auditing and play an important
role in your IT security.
The vulnerability scanners can scan your network and websites for up to thousands of different
security risks.
It produces a list of those vulnerabilities, and gives steps on how to overcome or reduce them.