Vulnerability scans
Vulnerability scans are important as they allow security professionals to understand when systems are lacking important security configuration or are missing important patches. Vulnerability scanning will be done by security professionals in the enterprise to discover systems that require remediation. Vulnerability scanning may also be performed by malicious actors who wish to discover systems that are missing critical security patches and configuration. They will then attempt to exploit these weaknesses.
Credentialed versus non-credentialed scans
When performing vulnerability assessments, it is important to understand the capabilities of the assessment tool. In some cases, credentials will be required to give useful, accurate information on the systems that are being scanned. In some cases, some tools do not require credentials and the scans can be done anonymously. If we want to get an accurate security assessment of an operating system, it is important...
