Summary

Vulnerability management is a key area in defensive security; therefore, in this chapter, we focused on the tools used to perform vulnerability assessments.

Here, you also learned about the types of tools available, plus some strategies that, as a cybersecurity leader, you can use to enhance your vulnerability scanning strategy.

Additionally, we installed OpenVAS, which is considered by many as the best free vulnerability scanner, which is surely a must-have tool in your cybersecurity arsenal.

And we closed the chapter with an overview of other tools (free and paid) that you can also leverage to test your infrastructure against known vulnerabilities.

Now, let's prepare for the next chapter, in which you will learn all that you need to know about malware analysis.