The correct answer is To standardize the way security software communicates information about public vulnerabilities and configuration issues. SCAP is designed to provide a standardized approach for maintaining the security of enterprise systems, which includes vulnerability and configuration checking. It does so by standardizing the way software communicates information about public vulnerabilities and configuration issues, thus it is highly relevant as a tool in penetration testing for automation and compliance checking. To perform social engineering attacks is incorrect because SCAP is about automating vulnerability checks, not manipulating human behavior. To decode encrypted files is incorrect because it deals with standardization of security-related information, not with decrypting or encryption tasks. To crack passwords and hashes is also incorrect as the aim of SCAP is not to attack or break into authentication systems, but to automate checking for known vulnerabilities and configuration issues.