ISO 27005 defines vulnerability as:
A weakness of an asset or group of assets that can be exploited by one … See more

A resource (either physical or logical) may have one or more vulnerabilities that can be exploited by a threat actor. The result can potentially compromise the confidentiality, integrity or availability of resources (not necessaril… See more

A set of policies concerned with the information security management system (ISMS), has been developed to manage, according to Risk management principles, the countermeasures to ensure a security strategy is … See more

Vulnerabilities are classified according to the asset class they are related to:
• hardware
• software
• network
• personnel … See more

• Complexity: Large, complex systems increase the probability of flaws and unintended access points.
• Familiarity: Using common, well-known code, software, operating systems, and/or hardware increases t… See more

The impact of a security breach can be very high. Most legislation sees the failure of IT managers to address IT systems and applications vulnerabilities if they are known to them as misconduct; IT managers have a res… See more

Coordinated disclosure (some refer to it as "responsible disclosure" but that is considered a biased term by others) of vulnerabilities is a topic of great debate. As reported by The Tech Herald in August 2010, "… See more