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

Options

  • 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.

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