What is Risk, Threat and Vulnerability? Relationship between Risk, Threat & vulnerability
In this module, we will learn about the most commonly mixed-up security terms which are Risk, threat, and vulnerability. What is a threat? Threat is a person or thing likely to cause damage or danger. A threat is what we’re trying to protect against which could be fire, earthquake, oil spillage, bomb, terrorist, hacker, etc. What is Vulnerability? Vulnerability It is a Weaknesses or gap in a security program that can be exploited by threats to gain unauthorized access to an asset OR A vulnerability is a weakness that can be exploited in order to attack you. look at a examples of vulnerability If any employee Using Social Media in the office and sharing confidential information an Outdated Anti-Virus is installed in your system making it vulnerable to attack. What is Risk? Risk is The potential for loss, damage, or destruction of an asset as a result of a threat exploiting a vulnerability. It is an event that could result in the compromise of organizational assets fo