Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language is an international, information security, community standard for representing and exchanging details about system vulnerabilities. Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language (OVAL) is an international, information security, community standard for representing and exchanging details about system vulnerabilities. OVAL (Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language)
OVAL facilitates the automation of the assessment and management of system vulnerabilities in a standardized format for automation and processing of information, rather than have each vendor develop a proprietary method of describing and reporting vulnerability information
Applicability: OVAL is applicable for automating vulnerability assessment and management processes.