SOFTWARE ENGINEERING ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES
SOFTWARE LICENSING AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
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vulnerability
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patch
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trojan horse
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backdoor
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Detailed explanation-1: -a flaw or weakness that may allow harm to occur to an IT system or activity. Source(s): NIST SP 800-16 under Vulnerability. A flaw or weakness in a computer system, its security procedures, internal controls, or design and implementation, which could be exploited to violate the system security policy.
Detailed explanation-2: -A Security Vulnerability is a weakness, flaw, or error found within a security system that has the potential to be leveraged by a threat agent in order to compromise a secure network.
Detailed explanation-3: -A network vulnerability is a weakness or flaw in software, hardware, or organizational processes, which when compromised by a threat, can result in a security breach. Nonphysical network vulnerabilities typically involve software or data.