is a standard naming system for OS and applications software. A fingerprinting tool such as nmap will try to match the software running on a host to a CPE identifier by analyzing responses to network probes.

As computers and other digital devices have become essential to business and commerce, they have also increasingly become a target for attacks. in order for a company or an individual to use a computing device with confidence, they must first be assured that the device is not compromised in any way and that all communications will be secure