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Table4.10 Undesirable Events and Protected Assets
Protected Asset
Financial Hazard Personnel Information Services Equipment Inventory Facilities Financial Resource
Health Sicken ×
Endanger ×
Injure ×
Kill ×
Physical Damage × × × × ×
Breach × ×
Steal × × ×
Destroy × × × × × ×
Logical Damage × × ×
Expose ×
Release ×
Destroy × ×
Availability Slow × × × × × ×
Deny × × × × × ×
Note: Threat agents can be paired with potential hazards and protected assets to create threat statements. This table represents an
example of how to pair undesirable events and protected assets.