Title: Describe the characteristics of vulnerabilities.
Course: Cybersecurity Fundamentals (10302-I) > Section: Understanding Cyber Threats and Vulnerabilities

Description should include

- defining the term vulnerability as a weakness that allows an attacker to reduce a system’s information assurance
- understanding that a large number of vulnerabilities historically have been through flaws in software
- describing elements that make a system vulnerable
  - a system susceptibility or flaw
  - attacker access to the flaw
  - attacker capability to exploit the flaw

- explaining the effect of a vulnerability on a system (i.e., compromised confidentiality, integrity, or availability of resources)
- discussing flaws in software that can lead to vulnerabilities, such as
  - buffer overflow or broken authentication and session management
  - injection vulnerabilities
  - input validation
  - privilege confusion

- evaluating vulnerabilities as they relate to
  - physical facilities and the environment of the system or personnel working with the system
  - operational procedures, including security measures
  - business operations
  - hardware
  - software
  - communication equipment and network (individually or in combination).

Teacher Resources:

- Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security