precursor
nounid
3640·updated May 9, 2026verified
A sign that an attacker may be preparing to cause an incident. See Indicator.
polysemous
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.
- §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.
- §1
- A sign that an attacker may be preparing to cause an incident. See Indicator.
- §1
- A sign that an attacker may be preparing to cause an incident.
- §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)
Outgoing relationships
- related
- →indicatornoun
Incoming relationships
- related
- ←indicatornoun