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threat intelligence servicenounMWEA service that provides threat intelligence so that organizations can mitigate threats and remediate vulnerabilities.verified
Threat ModelnounMWEA threat model is used to describe a given threat and the harm it could to do a system if it has a vulnerability.verified
Threat MonitoringnounMWEAnalysis, assessment, and review of audit trails and other information collected for the purpose of searching out system events that may constitute violations of system security.verified
threat monitoring processnounMWEA particular series of actions or steps to analyze, assess and review audit trails and other information collected for the purpose of searching out system events that may constitute violations of system security.verified
Threat ScenarionounMWEA set of discrete threat events, associated with a specific threat source or multiple threat sources, partially ordered in time.verified
Threat ShiftingnounMWEResponse from adversaries to perceived safeguards and/or countermeasures (i.e., security controls), in which the adversaries change some characteristic of their intent to do harm in order to avoid and/or overcome those safeguards/countermeasures.verified
Threat SourcenounMWEThe intent and method targeted at the intentional exploitation of a vulnerability or a situation and method that may accidentally trigger a vulnerability. Synonymous with Threat Agent.verified
Threatened AbortionnounMWEthe appearance of symptoms that signal the impending loss of the products of conceptionverified
Three Lines of DefensenounMWEMost financial institutions follow a three-lines-of-defense model, which separates front line groups, which are generally accountable for business risks (the First Line), from other risk oversight and independent challenge groups (the Second Line) and assurance (the Third Line)verified
Three-Centered ArchnounMWEa round arch whose inner curve is drawn with circles having three centersverified
Three-Day MeaslesnounMWEa contagious viral disease that is a milder form of measles lasting three or four daysverified
Three-Dimensional RadarnounMWEradar that will report altitude as well as azimuth and distance of a targetverified
Three-Point LandingnounMWEa landing in which all three wheels of the aircraft touch the ground at the same timeverified
Three-Point TurnnounMWEthe act of turning a vehicle around in a limited space by moving in a series of back and forward arcsverified
Three-Quarter BindingnounMWEthe spine and much of the sides are a different material from the rest of the coververified
Three-Way CallingnounMWEa way of adding a third party to your conversation without the assistance of a telephone operatorverified
Thresher SharknounMWElarge pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feedverified
Thresher's LungnounMWEalveolitis caused by an allergic reaction to fungal spores in the dust that is inhaled from moldy hayverified
Threshing MachinenounMWEa farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and strawverified
Threshold FunctionnounMWEa function that takes the value 1 if a specified function of the arguments exceeds a given threshold and 0 otherwiseverified
Threshold OperationnounMWEan operation performed on operands in order to obtain the value of a threshold functionverified
Thrift InstitutionnounMWEa depository financial institution intended to encourage personal savings and home buyingverified
Thrombocytopenic PurpuranounMWEpurpura associated with a reduction in circulating blood platelets which can result from a variety of factorsverified
Thrombolytic AgentnounMWEa kind of pharmaceutical that can break up clots blocking the flow of blood to the heart muscleverified
Thrombolytic TherapynounMWEtherapy consisting of the administration of a pharmacological agent to cause thrombolysis of an abnormal blood clotverified
throw overboardverbMWElose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crimeverified
Throwing BoardnounMWEa device resembling a sling that is used in various primitive societies to propel a dart or spearverified
Throwing SticknounMWEa device resembling a sling that is used in various primitive societies to propel a dart or spearverified
Thrust FaultnounMWEa geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compressionverified
Thrust StagenounMWEa theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sidesverified
Thumb IndexnounMWEone of a series of rounded notches in the fore edge of a book to indicate sectionsverified
Thunder LizardnounMWEhuge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassicverified
Thus FaradverbMWEused in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present timecandidate
Thyme CamphornounMWEa colorless crystalline solid used in perfume or preserving biological specimens or in embalming or medically as a fungicide or antisepticverified
Thyme-Leaved SandwortnounMWEEurasian annual sprawling plant naturalized throughout North Americaverified
Thymic AcidnounMWEa colorless crystalline solid used in perfume or preserving biological specimens or in embalming or medically as a fungicide or antisepticverified
Thymus GlandnounMWEa ductless glandular organ at the base of the neck that produces lymphocytes and aids in producing immunityverified
Thyroid HormonenounMWEany of several closely related compounds that are produced by the thyroid gland and are active metabolicallyverified
Thyroid-Stimulating HormonenounMWEanterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid glandverified
Thyrotrophic HormonenounMWEanterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid glandverified
Thyrotropic HormonenounMWEanterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid glandverified
Thyrotropin-Releasing FactornounMWEhormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitaryverified
Thyrotropin-Releasing HormonenounMWEhormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitaryverified