Cyber Attack Prevention Using VAPT Tools (Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing)
Anil Lamba · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2014
Complexity of systems are increasing day by day. This leads to more and more vulnerabilities in Systems. Attackers use these vulnerabilities to exploit the victim’s system. It is better to find out these vulnerabilities in advance before attacker do. The power of Vulnerability assessment is usually underestimated. While Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing can be used as a Cyber Attack Prevention technology to provide proactive Cyber Attack Prevention . In this paper we proved Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT) as a Cyber Attack Prevention technology, how we can provide active Cyber Attack Prevention using Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing. We described complete life cycle of Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing on systems or networks and proactive action taken to resolve that vulnerability and stop possible attack. In this paper we have described prevalent Vulnerability assessment techniques and some famous premium/open source VAPT tools. We have described complete process of how to use Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing as a powerful Cyber Attack Prevention Technology.