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QualTech Solutions is a leading security services enterprise. Dickson works as an incident responder with this firm. He is performing vulnerability assessment to identify the security problems in…
The correct answer is B. Active assessment. An active assessment involves using automated tools to scan and probe the network actively to identify hosts, services, and vulnerabilities. This type of assessment directly interacts with the network components to gather information about the existing security posture, unlike…
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QualTech Solutions is a leading security services enterprise. Dickson works as an incident responder with this firm. He is performing vulnerability assessment to identify the security problems in the network, using automated tools to identify the hosts, services, and vulnerabilities present in the enterprise network. Based on the above scenario, identify the type of vulnerability assessment performed by Dickson.
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- AInternal assessment
- BActive assessment
- CPassive assessment
- DExternal assessmen
How the community answered
(64 responses)- A2% (1)
- B89% (57)
- C6% (4)
- D3% (2)
Explanation
An active assessment involves using automated tools to scan and probe the network actively to identify hosts, services, and vulnerabilities. This type of assessment directly interacts with the network components to gather information about the existing security posture, unlike passive assessments, which analyze traffic without sending packets to the target systems. Dickson's approach, employing automated tools to identify the network's hosts, services, and vulnerabilities, fits the definition of an active assessment. This method provides a more immediate understanding of the network's vulnerabilities, allowing for timely remediation actions.
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