Risk

Risk is the likelihood that a threat agent (TA) will successfully exploit a vulnerability and introduce loss to a system.

Threat Agent

Threat Agent (TA) – An entity or experience that exposes a system to a loss.   The TA needn’t be cognizant as an earthquake can topple a data center without forethought or fire consumes building and paperwork without prejudice.  A TA may also be a hacker or hackers phishing for information.

Vulnerability

Vulnerability (V) – A characteristic that exposes something to a weakness without a countermeasure to mitigate potential losses. A warehouse may have a vulnerability to fire, a data center may have a vulnerability to a physical threat like an earthquake or network may have a vulnerability around access because it lacks a firewall (or perhaps… Continue reading Vulnerability