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What is the difference between Threat, Vulnerability, and Risk in cybersecurity?
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What is the difference between Threat, Vulnerability, and Risk in cybersecurity?
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Threat:
Someone with the potential to cause harm by damaging or destroying the official data to a system or organization.
Ex:
Phishing attack
Vulnerability:
It refers to weaknesses in a system that makes threat outcomes more possible and even more dangerous.
Ex:
SQL injections, cross-site scripting
Risk:
It refers to a combination of threat probability and impact/loss. In simple terms, it is related to potential damage or loss when threat exploits the vulnerability.
Threat probability * Potential loss = Risk
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