Security threat

                                                                    

Security threat 

In computer security, a threat is a possible danger that might exploit a vulnerability to breach security and therefore cause possible harm.

A threat can be either "intentional" (i.e. hacking: an individual cracker or a criminal organization) or "accidental" (e.g. the possibility of a computer malfunctioning, or the possibility of a natural disaster such as an earthquake, a fire, or a tornado) or otherwise a circumstance, capability, action, or event

Any action/inaction that could cause disclosure, alteration, loss, damage or unavailability of a company’s/individual’s assets

A better definition of security threat is:

 A potential cause of an incident, that may result in harm of systems and organization

A more comprehensive definition, tied to an Information assurance point of view, can be found in "Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 200, Minimum Security Requirements for Federal Information and Information Systems" by NIST of United States of America

    Any circumstance or event with the potential to adversely impact organizational operations (including mission, functions, image, or reputation), organizational assets, or individuals through an information system via unauthorized access, destruction, disclosure, modification of information, and/or denial of service. Also, the potential for a threat-source to successfully exploit a particular information system vulnerability.

 

• There are three components of threat:

Targets: organization’s asset that might be attacked  information (its confidentiality, integrity, availability), software, hardware, network service, system resource, etc.

 Agents: people or organizations originating the threat – intentional or non-intentional  employees, ex-employees, hackers, commercial rivals, terrorists, criminals, general public, customers

Events: type of action that poses the threat  misuse of authorized information, malicious / accidental alteration of                                              information, malicious / accidental destruction of information, etc. 

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for more information about this you can check these links:

• https://www.techopedia.com/definition/25263/threat
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threat_(computer)