What Are Vulnerabilities?
Vulnerabilities are security risks that could endanger the operation of your servers and workstations. Vulnerabilities result from programming oversights made by software product developers. These oversights present opportunities that hackers can exploit. Vulnerabilities exist on all types of computer systems. New vulnerabilities are continually discovered and announced to the public. Security professionals rush to implement patches and download fixes while hackers write malicious code to exploit vulnerabilities. The danger increases dramatically if you do not monitor and update your servers and workstations on a regular basis.
