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Adversary

nounid 1455·updated May 9, 2026
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Individual, group, organization, or government that conducts or has the intent to conduct detrimental activities.

Classifications

Entity Type

Threat92%rule-basedr:entity.threat.actor.v1

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Adversaries
possessive
Adversary's
pluralpossessive
Adversaries'

Framework definitions

National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon1 senseview framework →
§1
An individual, group, organization, or government that conducts or has the intent to conduct detrimental activities.
ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary1 senseview framework →
§1
A threat agent
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
Individual, group, organization, or government that conducts or has the intent to conduct detrimental activities.
NIST SP 800-301 senseview framework →
§1
Individual, group, organization, or government that conducts or has the intent to conduct detrimental activities.

Outgoing relationships

related

Incoming relationships

related