Re: Vulnerability Assessment vs. PenTest

[Christine Kronberg <seeker () shalla de>]

On Sun, 6 Aug 2006, Arkem Paul wrote:

> A Vulnerability Assessment should be a comprehensive look from policy and 
> procedures to implementation of security in the network and should include 
> such things as patch management, virus protection, user education, SOE 
> hardening, infrastructure configuration, etc.

  So basicly an assessment is equal to an audit? The description above
  is what I usually expect from someone doing an audit.
  A vulnerability assessment I tend to understand in terms of investigating
  a specific application (in far more detail than a penetration test).

  There are a couple of term mixed every now and again (like someone
  else just stated: funny that we professionals don't come up with _one_
  definition):

  Audit
  Security Scan
  Security Assessment
  Vulnerability Assessment
  Penetration Test

  Did I miss one?

  Cheers,

  Christine Kronberg.



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