Mary recently read about a new hacking group that is using advanced tools to break into the database servers of organizations running public websites. In risk management language, what term is used to describe a hacking group? Group of answer choices Risk Threat Actor Vulnerability Standard

Threat

Explanation:

In risk management, the hacking group would be considered a Threat. This is because a threat is anything that is able to analyze, find, and take advantage of vulnerabilities of your system. This applies regardless of the intentions of the group. In this case, the hacking group is using various tools to exploit specific existent vulnerabilities in Mary's companies database servers and would therefore classify as a Threat. In risk management, this is serious and is usually a priority that needs to be dealt with.