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What Is a Vulnerability Assessment? | TecnetOne Glossary

Written by Tecnet One | Oct 7, 2026, 10:31:16 PM

A vulnerability assessment is a systematic review of a company's devices, servers and applications to find known security flaws, such as unpatched software or weak configurations, and rank them by risk. Unlike a penetration test, it does not try to exploit the flaws: it identifies them and delivers a remediation plan.

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