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Threat - An action or event that might prejudice security. A threat is a potential violation of security.
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Vulnerability - Existence of a weakness, design, or implementation error that can lead to an unexpected, undesirable event compromising the security of the system.
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Target of Evaluation - An IT system, product, or component that is identified/subjected as requiring security evaluation.
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Attack - An assault on system security that derives from an intelligent threat. An attack is any action that attempts to or violates security.
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Exploit - A defined way to breach the security of an IT system through vulnerability.
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