Threat agent
nounid
4418·updated May 9, 2026verified
Methods and things used to exploit a vulnerability Scope Note: Examples include determination, capability, motive and resources.
MWE
Attested in
NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems
03.16.01 ¶ 2
Classifications
Entity Type
Threat92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Threat agents
- possessive
- Threat agent's
- pluralpossessive
- Threat agents'
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.
- §1
- Methods and things used to exploit a vulnerability Scope Note: Examples include determination, capability, motive and resources.
- §1 · attested_usage_pack_match
- No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 1 citation in that document; a definition is pending curation.Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
- §1 · legacy_primary
- Methods and things used to exploit a vulnerability Scope Note: Examples include determination, capability, motive and resources.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column