Impact

Impact is the result of a threat exploiting a vulnerability. In the context of SOIM, this is the extent of damage caused by the attack to either the ICT infrastructure, or to business processes.

Definitions

According to the CyBOK (version 1),

Impact. The result of a threat exploiting a vulnerability. In the context of SOIM, this is the extent of damage caused by the attack to either the ICT infrastructure, or to business processes.