Impact and Research Challenges of Penetrating Testing and Vulnerability Assessment on Network Threat
Areej Fatima, Tahir Abbas Khan, Tamer Mohamed Abdellatif, Sidra Zulfiqar, Muhammad Asif, Waseem Safi, Hussam Al Hamadi, Amer Hani Al-Kassem
Abstract
The primary goal of this research article is to identify prevalent network dangers and provide countermeasures to these threats. In this modern era, everyone has access to the internet. SECURITY is a serious issue that everyone faces. Every day, experienced hackers breach security and exploit weaknesses to gain access to top secret and confidential data. To avoid these risks, we proposed vulnerability assessment and penetration testing (VAPT). This technique addresses the CIA’s principles of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. All three goals refer to keeping your data safe and out of the hands of intruders. We uncover weak places in the system during vulnerability assessment, and we provide strategies to keep the system secure from hackers and prevent possible attacks via penetration testing. This paper presented the most in-depth description of VAPT, discussing the many processes and methodologies of Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing.