Definitions[]
Computer security[]
A threat assessment is the
| “ | [p]rocess of formally evaluating the degree of threat to an information system or enterprise and describing the nature of the threat.[1] | ” |
Criminal[]
A threat assessment is
| “ | a strategic document that looks at a group’s propensity for violence or criminality or the possible occurrence of a criminal activity in a certain time or place."[2] | ” |
Security[]
A threat assessment is
| “ | [a]n assessment of a criminal or terrorist presence within a jurisdiction integrated with an assessment of potential targets of that presence and a statement of probability that the criminal or terrorist will commit an unlawful act. The assessment focuses on the criminal’s or terrorist’s opportunity, capability, and willingness to fulfill the threat.[3] | ” |
| “ | [a] product or process of identifying or evaluating entities, actions, or occurrences, whether natural or man-made, that have or indicate the potential to harm life, information, operations, and/or property.[4] | ” |
| “ | [a] judgment, based on available intelligence, law enforcement, and open source information, of the actual or potential threat to one or more Departmental facilities/programs.[5] | ” |
| “ | [a]n evaluation of the intelligence collection threat to a program activity, system, or operation.[6] | ” |
References[]
- ↑ CNSSI 4009.
- ↑ U.S. Department of Justice, National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan 42 (Oct. 2003).
- ↑ U.S. Department of Justice, Minimum Criminal Intelligence Training Standards for Law Enforcement and Other Criminal Justice Agencies in the United States 47 (Ver. 2) (Oct. 2007) (full-text).
- ↑ DHS Risk Lexicon, at 37.
- ↑ DOE Manual 470.4-7, at 60.
- ↑ Glossary of Security Terms, Definitions, and Acronyms, at 246.