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Training Camp • Cybersecurity Glossary
Attack path analysis maps chains of misconfigurations and permissions an attacker could exploit to reach critical assets, prioritizing high-impact fixes.
Attack Path Analysis Definition: Attack path analysis maps chains of misconfigurations and permissions an attacker could exploit to reach critical assets, prioritizing high-impact fixes.
Attack path analysis is the practice of mapping the chains of misconfigurations, excessive permissions, vulnerabilities, and relationships that an attacker could exploit to move from an entry point to a critical asset. Rather than treating findings in isolation, it models how individual weaknesses combine into a viable route to high-value targets, helping defenders prioritize the fixes that break the most dangerous paths. It is widely applied in cloud security, where complex identity and resource relationships create non-obvious routes to sensitive data.
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