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Glossary Term Attack Path

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What is Attack Path?

An attack path is the chained sequence of steps an adversary follows from initial access to a target asset to prioritize remediation.

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Understanding Attack Path

An attack path is the chained sequence of steps, vulnerabilities, and exploitable relationships an adversary traverses from an initial foothold to a high-value target asset. Attack path analysis maps these routes, often as a graph, to reveal choke points where a single fix can break multiple paths. This lets defenders prioritize remediation by real exploitability rather than isolated vulnerability scores.

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