attacker

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-000287",
  "term": "attacker",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. A person who seeks to exploit potential vulnerabilities of a system.\n\n2. A party, including an insider, who acts with malicious intent to compromise a system.\n\n3. person seeking to exploit potential vulnerabilities of a system\n\n4. A party who acts with malicious intent to compromise an information system.",
  "references": [
    "NIST SP 800-188",
    "NIST SP 800-63-3 [Superseded]",
    "NISTIR 8053",
    "NIST SP 800-63-2 [Superseded]",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/attacker/"
}