Which of the following statements highlights the difference between a vulnerability assessment and a penetration test?

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• AA vulnerability assessment identifies and ranks the vulnerabilities, and a penetration test exploits the identified vulnerabilities for validation and to determine impact.
• BA vulnerability assessment focuses on uncovering vulnerabilities and penetration testing on high-risk technical vulnerabilities.
• CA vulnerability assessment requires only automated tools to discover the vulnerabilities whereas pen testing also involves manual discovery of vulnerabilities.
• DA vulnerability assessment is performed only on software components of an information system, whereas pen testing is performed on all hardware and software components of the system.

• A
  80% (32)
• B
  10% (4)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  8% (3)

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