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vulnerability

['vʌln(ə)rə'bɪlɪtɪ] n
commun., environ. vulnerabilidade
comp., MS vulnerabilidade (Any weakness, administrative process or act, or physical exposure that makes a computer susceptible to exploit by a threat)
vulnerabilities surveillance n
IMF. vulnerabilidades
 English thesaurus
vulnerability ['vʌln(ə)rə'bɪlɪtɪ] n
IT A weakness in the design, implementation, operation or internal control of a process that could expose the system to adverse threats from threat events
mil., logist. Fragility of the enemy disposition on that friendly action entails slowed down effects. (FRA); In disaster management, the degree of loss from 0% to 100% resulting from a potentially damaging phenomenon. (UKR/NATO)
USA The susceptibility of a nation or military force to any action by any means through which its war potential or combat effectiveness may be reduced or its will to fight diminished (JP 3-01) see also information operations; The characteristics of a system that cause it to suffer a definite degradation incapability to perform the designated mission as a result of having been subjected to a certain level of effects in an unnatural man-made hostile environment (JP 3-60) see also information operations; In information operations, a weakness in information system security design, procedures, implementation, or internal controls that could be exploited to gain unauthorized access to information or an information system (JP 3-13) see also information operations
vulnerabilities
: 16 phrases in 8 subjects
Environment1
General2
Health care1
Human rights activism1
Information technology5
International Monetary Fund2
Law1
Microsoft3

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