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Passive Attack

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-020347

An actual assault perpetrated by an intentional threat source that attempts to learn or make use of information from a system, but does not attempt to alter the system, its resources, its data, or its operations.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-020347
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesDHS National Initiative for Cybersecurity and Careers and Studies Explore Terms: A Glossary of Common Cybersecurity Terminology
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-020347",
  "term": "Passive Attack",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "An actual assault perpetrated by an intentional threat source that attempts to learn or make use of information from a system, but does not attempt to alter the system, its resources, its data, or its operations.",
  "references": [
    "DHS National Initiative for Cybersecurity and Careers and Studies Explore Terms: A Glossary of Common Cybersecurity Terminology"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/passive-attack/"
}

Record 20,347 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.