Cyber Threat
What is Cyber Threat?
A potential cyber attack that could compromise information systems, data, or services through exploitation of vulnerabilities.
Terms that appear alongside cyber threat
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as cyber threat. The number is how many controls name both.
- threat intelligence 22 shared controls
- cyber threat intelligence 16 shared controls
- information sharing 13 shared controls
- cybersecurity 12 shared controls
- nist 7 shared controls
- vulnerability 6 shared controls
- resilience 6 shared controls
- incident response 6 shared controls
Frameworks that govern cyber threat
What the standards actually require on cyber threat
Requirements naming cyber threat across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Organize, store, and manage collected cyber threat information to support analysis, correlation, and retrieval.
SP800-150-STORE · Organize and Store Cyber Threat Information →Financial entities shall classify ICT-related incidents and determine their impact based on criteria including the number/relevance of clients and transactions affected, geographical spread, data losses, criticality of services affected, and economic impact;
DORA-Art.18 · Classification of ICT-related incidents and cyber threats →This duty is triggered by a threat rather than an incident. Where a significant cyber threat could affect the recipients of the entity's services, the entity must without undue delay communicate to those potentially affected recipients any measures or remedies...
nis2-directive::Art.23.2 · Tell affected service recipients about significant cyber threats and the remedies open to them →Cyber threat intelligence is received from information sharing forums and sources
NIST-CSF-ID.RA-02 · Cyber threat intelligence is received from information sharing forums and sources →The manufacturer shall demonstrate processes to monitor for, detect, and respond to cyber attacks, cyber threats, and vulnerabilities on vehicle types, including the capacity to analyse and respond to information from the field.
R155-CSMS-MONITOR · Monitoring of cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and attacks →Types of cyber threats. The company should identify the types of cyber threats (untargeted and targeted, including malware, phishing, social engineering and OT-specific threats) that could affect ship systems.
BIMCO-2.2 · Types of cyber threats →Questions people ask about cyber threat
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