Threat

A threat is something that could cause harm to an asset, such as an attacker, mistake, outage, or unsafe condition.

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Vulnerability

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A vulnerability is a weakness that could be exploited to harm a system, application, account, or process.

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Threat Modeling

A structured way to identify what can go wrong and where defenses should focus.

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Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Risk

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