Question

An action that harms an asset is ________.

Select the best answer from below options

a) Attack

b) Threat

c) Vulnerability

Answer 1

A vulnerability refers to a known weakness of an asset (resource) that can be exploited by one or more attackers. In other words, it is a known issue that allows an attack to succeed.

An action that harms an asset is attack. 

Hence Correct Answer is a) Attack