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- ITDefPat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1agreed. Risk is result of threats, vulnerability and countermeasures. vulnerabilty is to determine overall problems. Pen test sort of check to validate threats and vulnerability (i.e are they real). also VA is assessment. Pen is testing. two difrerrent methodologies.
- jfinke, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Not a bad little article. One thing that he fails to mention (or I just missed it) was that penetration testing is usually a primary technical assessment. A vulnerability assessment also tends to have quite a bit more involved including risk levels and documentation review.


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