What Is An Attack?

1.	What Is An Attack?
Answer» An attack is the deliberate act that exploits vulnerability It is accomplished by a threat-agent to damage or steal an organization's information or PHYSICAL ASSET An exploit is a technique to compromise a system A vulnerability is an identified weakness of a controlled system whose controls are not present or are no LONGER effective An attack is then the use of an exploit to achieve the compromise of a controlled system. An attack is the deliberate act that exploits vulnerability It is accomplished by a threat-agent to damage or steal an organization's information or physical asset An exploit is a technique to compromise a system A vulnerability is an identified weakness of a controlled system whose controls are not present or are no longer effective An attack is then the use of an exploit to achieve the compromise of a controlled system.

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An attack is the deliberate act that exploits vulnerability

It is accomplished by a threat-agent to damage or steal an organization's information or PHYSICAL ASSET

An exploit is a technique to compromise a system

A vulnerability is an identified weakness of a controlled system whose controls are not present or are no LONGER effective

An attack is then the use of an exploit to achieve the compromise of a controlled system.

An attack is the deliberate act that exploits vulnerability

It is accomplished by a threat-agent to damage or steal an organization's information or physical asset

An exploit is a technique to compromise a system

A vulnerability is an identified weakness of a controlled system whose controls are not present or are no longer effective

An attack is then the use of an exploit to achieve the compromise of a controlled system.

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