Impact
nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026
The magnitude of harm that can be expected to result from the consequences of unauthorized disclosure of information, unauthorized modification of information, unauthorized destruction of information, or loss of information or information system availability.
Framework senses
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- Magnitude of loss resulting from a threat exploiting a vulnerability
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- A measure of the effect of an incident, problem, or change on business processes; often based on how service levels will be affected; used with urgency to assign priority.
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- To come into contact with another object forcibly.
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- In Information Security: the magnitude of harm that can be expected to result from unauthorized disclosure, modification, or destruction of information, loss of information or loss of information system availability.
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- To come into contact with another object forcibly.
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- To come into contact with another object forcibly.
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- The magnitude of harm that can be expected to result from the consequences of unauthorized disclosure of information, unauthorized modification of information, unauthorized destruction of information, or loss of information or information system availability.
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- The magnitude of harm that can be expected to result from the consequences of unauthorized disclosure of information, unauthorized modification of information, unauthorized destruction of information, or loss of information or information system availability.