Vulnerability scans provide critical information to the Information Security Office and management as part of the risk assessment process for campus systems. Vulnerability scans also provide a mechanism for system administrators to assess the security posture of the servers they manage by probing the system for open ports, services and application and operating system patch levels. Open ports are queried for information regarding what services are listening and each service is compared against a database of known vulnerabilities or issues. System Administrators can utilize vulnerability scan reports to assess the security posture of their system and outline remediation tasks required to bring the system into compliance.