Threat level is a term used by governments to indicate the state of preparedness required by government servants with regard to threats to the state:
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terrorist threat level — An intelligence threat assessment of the level of terrorist threat faced by US personnel and interests in a foreign country. The assessment is based on a continuous intelligence analysis of a minimum of five elements: terrorist group existence,… … Military dictionary
Threat model — In computer security, the term threat modeling has two distinct, but related meanings. The first is a description of the security issues the designer cares about. This is the sense of the question, What is the threat model for DNSSec? In the… … Wikipedia
threat — noun 1 expression of intention to do harm/punish ADJECTIVE ▪ dire, terrible ▪ Despite dire threats of violence from extremist groups, the protest passed off peacefully. ▪ empty, idle ▪ The ki … Collocations dictionary
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threat-oriented munitions — In stockpile planning, munitions intended to neutralize a finite assessed threat and for which the total requirement is determined by an agreed mathematical model. See also level of effort munitions … Military dictionary
level-of-effort munitions — In stockpile planning, munitions stocked on the basis of expected daily expenditure rate, the number of combat days, and the attrition rate assumed, to counter targets the number of which is unknown. See also threat oriented munitions … Military dictionary
UK Threat Levels — The UK Threat Levels refer to the alert state that has been in use since 1 August 2006, by the British government, to warn of forms of terrorist activity. Before then a colour based alert scheme known as BIKINI state was used.Threat Levelsrowspan … Wikipedia
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Stereotype threat — is the fear that one s behaviour will confirm an existing stereotype of a group with which one identifies. This fear can sometimes affect performance. Definition Stereotype threat refers to being at risk of confirming, as self characteristic, a… … Wikipedia
