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Threat Agent

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Dude

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.

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