What Is the Difference Between a Baseline and a Vulnerability?

Baseline Inspection

A baseline is a critical cloud security configuration that defines the minimum security requirements for system and service management. It establishes standardized settings across service, application, OS, and component configurations. SecMaster provides baseline inspection. This feature can scan cloud services for risks in key configuration items, report scan results by category, generate alerts for incidents, and provide hardening suggestions and guidelines.

• For details about the built-in check items supported by SecMaster, see Built-in Check Items.

• For more details about baseline inspection, see Overview.
• The following table lists the compliance packs built in SecMaster.

Vulnerabilities

A vulnerability is a defect or weakness in operating systems, security policies, or software. Attackers may exploit these defects or weaknesses to damage system, steal data, interrupt services, or cause other security problems. SecMaster can integrate vulnerability scan results from Host Security Service (HSS) and vulnerability data you import into SecMaster, so that you can quickly locate vulnerable assets and fix vulnerabilities. For more details, see Vulnerability Management Overview.