External Threat

External Threat definition - hacker
A threat originating outside a company, government agency, or institution. In contrast, an internal threat is one originating inside the organization—typically by an employee or “insider.”

See Also: Insider Hacker or Cracker.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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