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Threat Assessment/Analysis

Abbreviations / Acronyms / Synonyms:

Definitions:

  Process of formally evaluating the degree of threat to an information system or enterprise and describing the nature of the threat.
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2015 under threat assessment
NIST SP 800-30 Rev. 1 under Threat Assessment from CNSSI 4009
NIST SP 800-39 under Threat Assessment from CNSSI 4009
NISTIR 7622 from CNSSI 4009

  Formal description and evaluation of threat to an information system.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-18 Rev. 1 under Threat Assessment from CNSSI 4009
NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 under threat assessment from CNSSI 4009-2015
NIST SP 800-53A Rev. 5 under threat assessment from CNSSI 4009-2015

  See threat assessment.
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2015 under threat analysis

  Formal description and evaluation of threat to a system or organization.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-161r1-upd1 [11/1/2024 errata update] under threat assessment from NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 - adapted