threat assessments
Risk analysis reports
Threat assessments are systematic evaluations of potential dangers—typically to people, organizations, or facilities.
Security professionals conduct threat assessments to identify risks and determine how likely and serious they are: The school district now requires threat assessments for students who make violent statements.
The term appears in contexts ranging from workplace safety to national security to mental health intervention.
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- countermeasuresDefensive actions against threats
- behavioral patternsRepeated modes of conduct
- lone wolfSelf-reliant individualist
- active shooterArmed person attacking people
surveillance · policy development · vulnerability · hazard · impact · criticality · cognitive biases · deterrence · contingency planning · training programs · mitigation · intelligence gathering · watch list · red team · resource allocation · access control · exposure · situational awareness
- classified inteltop secret, classified, classified documents, state secrets, military secrets
- war roomcommand post, headquarters, operations center, ops center, crisis center
- Cold WarBerlin Wall, Iron Curtain, arms race, Warsaw Pact, Cuban Missile Crisis
- dispatchesdispatches, military dispatches, cables, diplomatic cables, embassy cables
- intelligence oversightCIA, FBI, NSA, DNI, intelligence agencies
- military publicationsStars and Stripes, Proceedings, maintenance manuals, field manuals, training manuals
threat assessmentscrisis management
Handling urgent threatening situations
damage control · emergency response · remediation · recovery operations · forensic investigation
threat assessmentsblind trust
Complete unquestioning confidence
willful ignorance · gut feelings · security theater · wishful thinking
threat assessmentsforensic analysis
Scientific examination for legal proceedings
post-mortem analysis · crisis response · lessons learned · recovery operations
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