Assets and Topology: Vulnerability Analysis

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Assets and Topology: Vulnerability Analysis

In this lab, you'll focus on Asset Management. Asset Management ensures an organization’s assets are accounted for, maintained, and eventually disposed of. Over the next few challenges, you'll focus on scalable ways to approach Asset Management (and Vulnerability Management). You'll also witness how Asset Management can help you investigate suspicious behavior.

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Lab Info

Level

Beginner

Last updated

Oct 15, 2025

Duration

2h 0m

Challenge

Nmap: Application Inventory Analysis

In this challenge, you'll continue your Asset Management journey by increasing the thoroughness of the nmap scans. By increasing the thoroughness, you'll be able to observe changes to externally available applications that are running on the SIEM.
Challenge

Nmap: Closed-box Limitations

In this challenge, you'll continue your Asset Management journey. In particular, you'll learn about closed-box and open-box testing. You'll also learn how nmap (and ndiff) can be automated.
Challenge

OpenVAS: Open-box Vulnerability Testing

In this challenge, you'll leverage the OpenVAS scanner (within the Greenbone security suite) to do a open-box test of the SIEM.

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