What is the difference between a threat and a risk?
A.
Threat represents a potential danger that could take advantage of a weakness, while the risk is the likelihood of a compromise or damage of an asset.
B.
Risk represents the known and identified loss or danger in the system, while threat is a non-identified impact of possible risks.
C.
Risk is the unintentional possibility of damages or harm to infrastructure, while the threats are certain and intentional.
D.
Threat is a state of being exposed to an attack or a compromise, while risk is the calculation of damage or potential loss affecting the organization from an exposure.
Threat : potential danger to an asset
Vulnerability : a weakness in a system could be exploited by a threat
Exploit : mechanism that is used to leverage vulnerability to compromise an asset
Risk : likelihood that a threat will exploit vulnerability of an asset
(A)
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risk is the likelihood ./threat potential danger
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