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Threat analysis

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The examination of threat sources against system vulnerabilities to determine the threats for a particular system in a particular operational environment.

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Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Threat analyses
possessive
Threat analysis's
pluralpossessive
Threat analyses'

Framework definitions

National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon1 senseview framework →
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The detailed evaluation of the characteristics of individual threats.
ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary1 senseview framework →
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An evaluation of the type, scope and nature of events or actions that can result in adverse consequences; identification of the threats that exist against enterprise assets Scope Note: The threat analysis usually defines the level of threat and the likelihood of it materializing.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
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The examination of threat sources against system vulnerabilities to determine the threats for a particular system in a particular operational environment.
NIST SP 800-271 senseview framework →
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The examination of threat sources against system vulnerabilities to determine the threats for a particular system in a particular operational environment.

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