A threat is a potential for something bad to happen. All risks are a combination of a threat and a vulnerability. A vulnerability is defined as a weakness or exposure that allows a threat to cause losses.
In some areas, such as project management, it is common to define threat as a negative risk. In this context, risks are viewed as threats and opportunities where threats are negative risks and opportunities are positive risks.
Example
Bad weather is a threat to retail sales.Computer viruses are an information security threat.Proposed regulations may represent a compliance threat to a business.
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