Outside Threat

nounverified·updated May 9, 2026

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An unauthorized entity from outside the domain perimeter that has the potential to harm an Information System through destruction, disclosure, modification of data, and/or denial of service.

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Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Outside Threats
possessive: Outside Threat's
pluralpossessive: Outside Threats'

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