exposure
nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026
The potential loss to an area due to the occurrence of an adverse event.
Framework senses
- §1
- A threat action whereby sensitive data is directly released to an unauthorized entity.
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon1 senseview framework →
- §1
- The condition of being unprotected, thereby allowing access to information or access to capabilities that an attacker can use to enter a system or network.
- §1
- The potential loss or compromise to an area caused by an adverse event.
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
- §1
- The potential loss to an area due to the occurrence of an adverse event.
- §1
- the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience
- §2
- abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving as infant out in the open)
- §3
- presentation to view in an open or public manner
- §4
- the act of exposing film to light
- §5
- a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide
- §6
- vulnerability to the elements
- §7
- aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces
- §8
- the disclosure of something secret
- §9
- the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate
- §10
- the state of being vulnerable or exposed