threat assessment
nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026
Process of formally evaluating the degree of threat to an information system or enterprise and describing the nature of the threat.
Framework senses
- §1
- A threat assessment is the identification of types of threats that an organization might be exposed to.
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon1 senseview framework →
- §1
- The product or process of identifying or evaluating entities, actions, or occurrences, whether natural or man-made, that have or indicate the potential to harm life, information, operations, and/or property.
- §1
- Formal description and evaluation of threat to an information system.
- §2 · sense_2_pending_review
- Process of formally evaluating the degree of threat to an information system or enterprise and describing the nature of the threat.
- §1
- Process of formally evaluating the degree of threat to an information system or enterprise and describing the nature of the threat.
- §1
- Formal description and evaluation of threat to an information system.
- §1
- Process of formally evaluating the degree of threat to an information system or enterprise and describing the nature of the threat.
- §1
- Formal description and evaluation of threat to an information system.