Glossary

Attack: A set of parameters associated with an offensive act against a target.
Attacker: A Cyber Adversary
Attack Technique: The systematic procedure through which an attack is launched
Attack Tool: A computer program designed to automate the execution of an attack technique
Attack Noise: The level of attack noise pertains to the level of anomalous activity created by an attack. High levels of attack noise are typically undesired by an adversary as attack noise often increases the chances of detection.
Adversary Objects: A component part of the three adversary properties. Adversary objects consist of multiple adversary elements. See Chapter 2 for details.
Adversary Elements: Component parts of adversary objects that pertain to specific adversary variables, such as the time and finance an adversary has.
Attacker Property: A collection of objects relating to the capability and motivation of the cyber adversary. These include the attack inhibitor object and the attack driver object (see Chapter 2).
Box: An information system
CARC: Cyber Adversary Characterization
CERT/CC: The CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) is a center of Internet security expertise, located at the Software Engineering Institute, a federally funded research and development center operated by Carnegie Mellon University.
Cyber Adversary: An opponent or enemy whose attack medium typically consists of computer networks.
Characterization Metric: A standard for measuring a variable associated with an adversary, such as an attack tool characterization metric.
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC): The company responsible for the original version of the VMS operating system. DEC is now a part of...

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