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precursor

nounid 3640·updated May 9, 2026
verified

A sign that an attacker may be preparing to cause an incident. See Indicator.

polysemous

Attested in

No recorded attestations. They are written when an MWE tagging stage is completed, stamped with the pack version and the document’s digest.

Classifications

Entity Type

Event85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
forerunnerpredecessor
alternatephrasing
Precursor
plural
precursors
possessive
precursor's
pluralpossessive
precursors'

Framework definitions

National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon1 senseview framework →
§1
An observable occurrence or sign that an attacker may be preparing to cause an incident.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 22 sensesview framework →
§1
A sign that an attacker may be preparing to cause an incident.
§2 · sense_2_pending_review
A sign that an attacker may be preparing to cause an incident. See Indicator.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
A sign that an attacker may be preparing to cause an incident. See Indicator.
NIST SP 800-611 senseview framework →
§1
A sign that an attacker may be preparing to cause an incident.
Wordset Dictionary3 sensesview framework →
§1
something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
§2
a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
§3
a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction)
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
A sign that an attacker may be preparing to cause an incident. See Indicator.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

Outgoing relationships

related

Incoming relationships

related