VULNERABILITY

Vulnerability

In computer security, a vulnerability is a weakness which allows an attacker to reduce a system's information assurance.


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vulnerability

Noun

  1. Susceptibility to attack or injury; the state or condition of being weak or poorly defended.
    The country recognized their defence vulnerability after an airplane landed in front of the central square without any consequences.
  2. a specific weakness in the protections or defences surrounding someone or something.


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