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Training Camp • Cybersecurity Glossary
Scalability threat is a potential risk to a system's ability to efficiently and effectively handle increasing workload demands and growing user base without impacting performance or security.
Scalability Threat Definition: Scalability threat is a potential risk to a system's ability to efficiently and effectively handle increasing workload demands and growing user base without impacting performance or security.
Scalability Threat refers to a potential vulnerability within a system arising from its inability to handle increasing workload efficiently. This poses a risk of system performance degradation, downtimes, or security breaches as the system becomes overloaded with data or user requests. It can result in slowdowns, server crashes, data corruption, or unauthorized access, potentially compromising the system's availability, integrity, and confidentiality. Threat mitigation strategies involve implementing scalable architecture, load balancing, and capacity planning to ensure the system can expand smoothly without sacrificing security or performance.
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