Attack trees
Attack trees are a graphical representation of potential threats and attacks against a system. They are used in cybersecurity and risk analysis to model and analyze the various ways an attacker might exploit vulnerabilities in a system to achieve a specific goal. Attack trees help visualize and understand the different attack paths adversaries might take. Here’s an overview of how attack trees are structured and utilized:
Here are the components of an attack tree:
- Root node: Represents the overall goal that an attacker wants to achieve, such as gaining unauthorized access to a system, stealing sensitive data, or disrupting services.
- Nodes: Nodes or intermediate nodes represent different stages or steps in the attack path. Each node represents a specific subgoal that an attacker must achieve to reach the ultimate goal.
- Leaves: Leaves of the tree represent the actual attack scenarios or techniques that an attacker could use to accomplish a subgoal...
