What Is a Vulnerability Assessment? (AppSec‑Focused Definition & Process)

updated on 12/25/2025 Definition A vulnerability assessment is a systematic process to identify, evaluate, and prioritize security weaknesses across an organization’s digital environment (networks, systems, applications, and cloud). In application security (AppSec), a vulnerability assessment focuses on your application estate – code, dependencies, APIs, infrastructure as code (IaC), and runtime exposures – so developers can … Continue reading What Is a Vulnerability Assessment? (AppSec‑Focused Definition & Process)