Question

A _____ is a systematic and methodical evaluation of the exposure of assets to attackers, forces of nature, or any other entity that is a potential harm.

Answer 1

Answer:

Vulnerability assessment

Explanation:

Cyber security can be defined as preventive practice of protecting computers, software programs, electronic devices, networks, servers and data from potential theft, attack, damage, or unauthorized access by using a body of technology, frameworks, processes and network engineers.

Some examples of cyber attacks are phishing, zero-day exploits, denial of service, man in the middle, cryptojacking, malware, SQL injection, spoofing etc.

A vulnerability assessment is a systematic and methodical evaluation used by network security experts to determine the exposure of network assets such as routers, switches, computer systems, etc., to attackers, forces of nature, or any other entity that is capable of causing harm i.e potential harms. Thus, vulnerability assessment simply analyzes and evaluate the network assets of an individual or business entity in order to gather information on how exposed these assets are to hackers, potential attackers, or other entities that poses a threat.