The difference between a vulnerability assessment and a
penetration test is that a vulnerability assessment:
A. searches and checks the infrastructure to detect
vulnerabilities, whereas penetration testing intends to
exploit the vulnerabilities to probe the damage that could
result from the vulnerabilities.
B. and penetration tests are different names for the same
activity.
C. is executed by automated tools, whereas penetration
testing is a totally manual process.
D. is executed by commercial tools, whereas penetration
testing is executed by public processes.
Answer / guest
Answer: A
"The objective of a vulnerability assessment is to find the
security holds in the computers and elements analyzed and
its intent is not to damage the infrastructure. The intent
of penetration testing is to imitate a hacker's activities
and determine how far they could go into the network. They
are not the same
they have different approaches. Vulnerability assessments
and penetration testing can be executed both by automated or
manual tools or processes and can be executed by commercial
or free tools."
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