The Hound is a cyber security Vulnerability Assessment as a Service (VAaaS) tool that can comprehensively assess an ICT infrastructure through automated network service detection scans. It identifies service vulnerabilities and prioritizes them by risk level. The Hound assists in risk mitigation by recommending mitigation strategies for the discovered vulnerabilities. Maintaining a healthy network security posture will prevent the exploitation of potentially existing vulnerabilities in services that may lead to financial or reputational loss.