Threat
Threat is a way of creating a problem on the network by taking advantage of its vulnerability.
A threat can be worrisome for any network administrator in terms of protecting critical documents and assets that are of great importance to the organization. A threat can be initiated by a hacker (a criminal hacker) or accidentally (a natural disaster or a malfunction).
Threat consequence
Threat consequence is a scenario where the security parameters might be violated. This generally occurs due to the effect of a threat action. The different types of threat consequence are disclosure, deception, disruption, and usurpation.
Disclosure
An unauthorized user trying to access a network device in an illegitimate manner is referred to as disclosure.
Threat action – exposure
A threat action where the critical data is directly provided to an unauthorized user.
This includes the following:
- Deliberate exposure: Planned way of providing critical data to an unauthorized user
- Scavenging: Scanning through leftover...
