Threat Shifting

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-004331",
  "term": "Threat Shifting",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. The response of actors to perceived safeguards and/or countermeasures (i.e., security controls), in which actors change some characteristic of their intent/targeting in order to avoid and/or overcome those safeguards/countermeasures.\n\n2. Response from adversaries to perceived safeguards and/or countermeasures (i.e., security controls), in which the adversaries change some characteristic of their intent to do harm in order to avoid and/or overcome those safeguards/countermeasures.",
  "references": [
    "NIST SP 800-150 from NIST SP 800-30 Rev. 1",
    "NIST SP 800-30 Rev. 1",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/threat-shifting/"
}