threat assessment
nounverified·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.
polysemousMWENISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
Senses
SANS Glossary of Security Terms
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 Lexicon
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.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
Formal description and evaluation of threat to an information system.
Classifications
Entity Type
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Sensitivity
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Information Class
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Variants
- plural
- threat assessments
- possessive
- threat assessment's
- pluralpossessive
- threat assessments'