Network Vulnerability Analysis
Keywords:
Network, Vulnerability, Analysis, Assessment, Network MappingAbstract
A network vulnerability analysis (NVA) is the process of identifying and evaluating those security loopholes that might exist in an enterprise before the network is hacked. This paper discussed network vulnerability analysis and its processes. It also demonstrate some approaches to conducting vulnerability analysis for any network environment using manual tools and showed other automatic tools used for conducting vulnerability analysis. The paper also addressed the reasons for network vulnerability analysis and finally discussed vulnerabilities of the network. Findings from this study indicate that network vulnerability analysis is important. However, conducting vulnerability analysis does not necessarily prevent security on its own; instead, it reflects a snapshot of the environment at a particular point in time and pointed out the rationale for regular conducting of vulnerability analysis.
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