misp-taxonomies/enisa/machinetag.json

{
  "values": [
    {
      "entry": [
        {
          "description": "Fraud committed by humans.",
          "expanded": "Fraud",
          "value": "fraud"
        },
        {
          "description": "Fraud committed by employees or others that are in relation with entities, who have access to entities' information and IT assets.",
          "expanded": "Fraud committed by employees",
          "value": "fraud-by-employees"
        },
        {
          "description": "Intentional actions (non-fulfilment or defective fulfilment of personal duties) aimed to cause disruption or damage to IT assets.",
          "expanded": "Sabotage",
          "value": "sabotage"
        },
        {
          "description": "Act of physically damaging IT assets.",
          "expanded": "Vandalism",
          "value": "vandalism"
        },
        {
          "description": "Stealing information or IT assets. Robbery.",
          "expanded": "Theft (of devices, storage media and documents)",
          "value": "theft"
        },
        {
          "description": "Taking away another person's property in the form of mobile devices, for example smartphones, tablets.",
          "expanded": "Theft of mobile devices (smartphones/ tablets)",
          "value": "theft-of-mobile-devices"
        },
        {
          "description": "Taking away another person's hardware property (except mobile devices), which often contains business-sensitive data.",
          "expanded": "Theft of fixed hardware",
          "value": "theft-of-fixed-hardware"
        },
        {
          "description": "Stealing documents from private/company archives, often for the purpose of re-sale or to achieve personal benefits.",
          "expanded": "Theft of documents",
          "value": "theft-of-documents"
        },
        {
          "description": "Stealing media devices, on which copies of essential information are kept.",
          "expanded": "Theft of backups",
          "value": "theft-of-backups"
        },
        {
          "description": "Sharing information with unauthorised entities. Loss of information confidentiality due to intentional human actions (e.g., information leak may occur due to loss of paper copies of confidential information).",
          "expanded": "Information leak /sharing",
          "value": "information-leak-or-unauthorised-sharing"
        },
        {
          "description": "Unapproved access to facility.",
          "expanded": "Unauthorized physical access / Unauthorised entry to premises",
          "value": "unauthorised-physical-access-or-unauthorised-entry-to-premises"
        },
        {
          "description": "Actions following acts of coercion, extortion or corruption.",
          "expanded": "Coercion, extortion or corruption",
          "value": "coercion-or-extortion-or-corruption"
        },
        {
          "description": "Threats of direct impact of warfare activities.",
          "expanded": "Damage from the warfare",
          "value": "damage-from-the-wafare"
        },
        {
          "description": "Threats from terrorists.",
          "expanded": "Terrorist attack",
          "value": "terrorist-attack"
        }
      ],
      "predicate": "physical-attack"
    },
    {
      "entry": [
        {
          "description": "Information leak / sharing caused by humans, due to their mistakes.",
          "expanded": "Information leak /sharing due to human error",
          "value": "information-leak-or-sharing-due-to-human-error"
        },
        {
          "value": "accidental-leaks-or-sharing-of-data-by-employees",
          "expanded": "Accidental leaks/sharing of data by employees",
          "description": "Unintentional distribution of private or sensitive data to an unauthorized entity by a staff member."
        },
        {
          "value": "leaks-of-data-via-mobile-applications",
          "expanded": "Leaks of data via mobile applications",
          "description": "Threat of leaking private data (a result of using applications for mobile devices)."
        },
        {
          "value": "leaks-of-data-via-web-applications",
          "expanded": "Leaks of data via Web applications",
          "description": "Threat of leaking important information using web applications."
        },
        {
          "value": "leaks-of-information-transferred-by-network",
          "expanded": "Leaks of information transferred by network",
          "description": "Threat of eavesdropping of unsecured network traffic."
        },
        {
          "value": "erroneous-use-or-administration-of-devices-and-systems",
          "expanded": "Erroneous use or administration of devices and systems",
          "description": "Information leak / sharing / damage caused by misuse of IT assets (lack of awareness of application features) or wrong / improper IT assets configuration or management."
        },
        {
          "value": "loss-of-information-due-to-maintenance-errors-or-operators-errors",
          "expanded": "Loss of information due to maintenance errors / operators' errors",
          "description": "Threat of loss of information by incorrectly performed maintenance of devices or systems or other operator activities."
        },
        {
          "value": "loss-of-information-due-to-configuration-or-installation error",
          "expanded": "Loss of information due to configuration/ installation error",
          "description": "Threat of loss of information due to errors in installation or system configuration."
        },
        {
          "value": "increasing-recovery-time",
          "expanded": "Increasing recovery time",
          "description": "Threat of unavailability of information due to errors in the use of backup media and increasing information recovery time."
        },
        {
          "value": "lost-of-information-due-to-user-errors",
          "expanded": "Loss of information due to user errors",
          "description": "Threat of unavailability of information or damage to IT assets caused by user errors (using IT infrastructure) or IT software recovery time."
        },
        {
          "value": "using-information-from-an-unreliable-source",
          "expanded": "Using information from an unreliable source",
          "description": "Bad decisions based on unreliable sources of information or unchecked information."
        },
        {
          "value": "unintentional-change-of-data-in-an-information-system",
          "expanded": "Unintentional change of data in an information system",
          "description": "Loss of information integrity due to human error (information system user mistake)."
        },
        {
          "value": "inadequate-design-and-planning-or-improper-adaptation",
          "expanded": "Inadequate design and planning or improper adaptation",
          "description": "Threats caused by improper IT assets or business processes design (inadequate specifications of IT products, inadequate usability, insecure interfaces, policy/procedure flows, design errors)."
        },
        {
          "value": "damage-caused-by-a-third-party",
          "expanded": "Damage caused by a third party",
          "description": "Threats of damage to IT assets caused by third party."
        },
        {
          "value": "security-failure-caused-by-third-party",
          "expanded": "Security failure caused by third party",
          "description": "Threats of damage to IT assets caused by breach of security regulations by third party."
        },
        {
          "value": "damages-resulting-from-penetration-testing",
          "expanded": "Damages resulting from penetration testing",
          "description": "Threats to information systems caused by conducting IT penetration tests inappropriately."
        },
        {
          "value": "loss-of-information-in-the-cloud",
          "expanded": "Loss of information in the cloud",
          "description": "Threats of losing information or data stored in the cloud."
        },
        {
          "value": "loss-of-(integrity-of)-sensitive-information",
          "expanded": "Loss of (integrity of) sensitive information",
          "description": "Threats of losing information or data, or changing information classified as sensitive."
        },
        {
          "value": "loss-of-integrity-of-certificates",
          "expanded": "Loss of integrity of certificates",
          "description": "Threat of losing integrity of certificates used for authorisation services"
        },
        {
          "value": "loss-of-devices-and-storage-media-and-documents",
          "expanded": "Loss of devices, storage media and documents",
          "description": "Threats of unavailability (losing) of IT assets and documents."
        },
        {
          "value": "loss-of-devices-or-mobile-devices",
          "expanded": "Loss of devices/ mobile devices",
          "description": "Threat of losing mobile devices."
        },
        {
          "value": "loss-of-storage-media",
          "expanded": "Loss of storage media",
          "description": "Threat of losing data-storage media."
        },
        {
          "value": "loss-of-documentation-of-IT-Infrastructure",
          "expanded": "Loss of documentation of IT Infrastructure",
          "description": "Threat of losing important documentation."
        },
        {
          "value": "destruction-of-records",
          "expanded": "Destruction of records",
          "description": "Threats of unavailability (destruction) of data and records (information) stored in devices and storage media."
        },
        {
          "value": "infection-of-removable-media",
          "expanded": "Infection of removable media",
          "description": "Threat of loss of important data due to using removable media, web or mail infection."
        },
        {
          "value": "abuse-of-storage",
          "expanded": "Abuse of storage",
          "description": "Threat of loss of records by improper /unauthorised use of storage devices."
        }
      ],
      "predicate": "unintentional-damage"
    },
    {
      "predicate": "disaster",
      "entry": [
        {
          "value": "disaster",
          "expanded": "Disaster (natural earthquakes, floods, landslides, tsunamis, heavy rains, heavy snowfalls, heavy winds)",
          "description": "Large scale natural disasters."
        },
        {
          "value": "fire",
          "expanded": "Fire",
          "description": "Threat of fire."
        },
        {
          "value": "pollution-dust-corrosion",
          "expanded": "Pollution, dust, corrosion",
          "description": "Threat of disruption of work of IT systems (hardware) due to pollution, dust or corrosion (arising from the air)."
        },
        {
          "value": "thunderstrike",
          "expanded": "Thunderstrike",
          "description": "Threat of damage to IT hardware caused by thunder strike (overvoltage)."
        },
        {
          "value": "water",
          "expanded": "Water",
          "description": "Threat of damage to IT hardware caused by water."
        },
        {
          "value": "explosion",
          "expanded": "Explosion",
          "description": "Threat of damage to IT hardware caused by explosion."
        },
        {
          "value": "dangerous-radiation-leak",
          "expanded": "Dangerous radiation leak",
          "description": "Threat of damage to IT hardware caused by radiation leak."
        },
        {
          "value": "unfavourable-climatic-conditions",
          "expanded": "Unfavourable climatic conditions",
          "description": "Threat of disruption of work of IT systems due to climatic conditions that have a negative effect on hardware."
        },
        {
          "value": "loss-of-data-or-accessibility-of-IT-infrastructure-as-a-result-of-heightened-humidity",
          "expanded": "Loss of data or accessibility of IT infrastructure as a result of heightened humidity",
          "description": "Threat of disruption of work of IT systems due to high humidity."
        },
        {
          "value": "lost-of-data-or-accessibility-of-IT-infrastructure-as-a-result-of-very-high-temperature",
          "expanded": "Lost of data or accessibility of IT infrastructure as a result of very high temperature",
          "description": "Threat of disruption of work of IT systems due to high or low temperature."
        },
        {
          "value":  "threats-from-space-or-electromagnetic-storm",
          "expanded": "Threats from space / Electromagnetic storm",
          "description": "Threats of the negative impact of solar radiation to satellites and radio wave communication systems - electromagnetic storm."
        },
        {
          "value": "wildlife",
          "expanded": "Wildlife",
          "description": "Threat of destruction of IT assets caused by animals: mice, rats, birds."
        }
       ]
    },
    {
      "predicate": "failures-malfunction",
      "entry": [
       {
         "value": "failure-of-devices-or-systems",
         "expanded": "Failure of devices or systems",
         "description": "Threat of failure of IT hardware and/or software assets or its parts."
       },
       {
          "value": "failure-of-data-media",
          "expanded": "Failure of data media",
          "description": "Threat of failure of data media."
       },
       {
          "value": "hardware-failure",
          "expanded": "Hardware failure",
          "description": "Threat of failure of IT hardware."
       },
       {
          "value": "failure-of-applications-and-services",
          "expanded": "Failure of applications and services",
          "description": "Threat of failure of software/applications or services."
       },
       {
          "value": "failure-of-parts-of-devices-connectors-plug-ins",
          "expanded": "Failure of parts of devices (connectors, plug-ins)",
          "description": "Threat of failure of IT equipment or its part."
       },
       {
          "value": "failure-or-disruption-of-communication-links-communication networks",
          "expanded": "Failure or disruption of communication links (communication networks)",
          "description": "Threat of failure or malfunction of communications links."

       },
       {
          "value": "failure-of-cable-networks",
          "expanded": "Failure of cable networks",
          "description": "Threat of failure of communications links due to problems with cable network."
       },
       {
          "value": "failure-of-wireless-networks",
          "expanded": "Failure of wireless networks",
          "description": "Threat of failure of communications links due to problems with wireless networks."
       },
       {
          "value": "failure-of-mobile-networks",
          "expanded": "Failure of mobile networks",
          "description": "Threat of failure of communications links due to problems with mobile networks."
       },
       {
          "value": "failure-or-disruption-of-main-supply",
          "expanded": "Failure or disruption of main supply",
          "description": "Threat of failure or disruption of supply required for information systems."
       },
       {
          "value": "failure-or-disruption-of-power-supply",
          "expanded": "Failure or disruption of power supply",
          "description": "Threat of failure or malfunction of power supply."
       },
       {
          "value": "failure-of-cooling-infrastructure",
          "expanded": "Failure of cooling infrastructure",
          "description": "Threat of failure of IT assets due to improper work of cooling infrastructure."
       },
       {
          "value": "failure-or-disruption-of-service-providers-supply-chain",
          "expanded": "Failure or disruption of service providers (supply chain)",
          "description": "Threat of failure or disruption of third party services required for proper operation of information systems."
       },
       {
          "value": "malfunction-of-equipment-devices-or-systems",
          "expanded": "Malfunction of equipment (devices or systems)",
          "description": "Threat of malfunction of IT hardware and/or software assets or its parts (i.e. improper working parameters, jamming, rebooting)."
       }
       ]
    },
    {
      "predicate": "outages",
      "entry": [
       {
          "value": "absence-of-personnel",
          "expanded": "Absence of personnel",
          "description": "Unavailability of key personnel and their competences."
       },
       {
          "value": "strike",
          "expanded": "Strike",
          "description": "Unavailability of staff due to a strike (large scale absence of personnel)."
       },
       {
          "value": "loss-of-support-services",
          "expanded": "Loss of support services",
          "description": "Unavailability of support services required for proper operation of the information system."
       },
       {
          "value": "internet-outage",
          "expanded": "Internet outage",
          "description": "Unavailability of the Internet connection."
       },
       {
          "value": "network-outage",
          "expanded": "Network outage",
          "description": "Unavailability of communication links."
       },
       {
          "value": "outage-of-cable-networks",
          "expanded": "Outage of cable networks",
          "description": "Threat of lack of communications links due to problems with cable network."
       },
       {
          "value": "Outage-of-short-range-wireless-networks",
          "expanded": "Outage of short-range wireless networks",
          "description": "Threat of lack of communications links due to problems with wireless networks (802.11 networks, Bluetooth, NFC etc.)."
       },
       {
          "value": "outages-of-long-range-wireless-networks",
          "expanded": "Outages of long-range wireless networks",
          "description": "Threat of lack of communications links due to problems with mobile networks like cellular network (3G, LTE, GSM etc.) or satellite links."
       }
      ]
    },
    {
        "predicate": "eavesdropping-interception-hijacking",
        "entry": [
           {
                "value": "war-driving",
                "expanded": "War driving",
                "description": "Threat of locating and possibly exploiting connection to the wireless network."
           },
           {
                "value": "intercepting-compromising-emissions",
                "expanded": "Intercepting compromising emissions",
                "description": "Threat of disclosure of transmitted information using interception and analysis of compromising emission."
           },
           {
                "value": "interception-of-information",
                "expanded": "Interception of information",
                "description": "Threat of interception of information which is improperly secured in transmission or by improper actions of staff."
           },
           {
                "value": "corporate-espionage",
                "expanded": "Corporate espionage",
                "description": "Threat of obtaining information secrets by dishonest means."
           },
           {
                "value": "nation-state-espionage",
                "expanded": "Nation state espionage",
                "description": "Threats of stealing information by nation state espionage (e.g.  China based governmental espionage, NSA from USA)."
           },
           {
                "value": "information-leakage-due-to-unsecured-wi-fi-like-rogue-access-points",
                "expanded": "Information leakage due to unsecured Wi-Fi, rogue access points",
                "description": "Threat of obtaining important information by insecure network rogue access points etc."
           },
           {
                "value": "interfering-radiation",
                "expanded": "Interfering radiation",
                "description": "Threat of failure of IT hardware or transmission connection due to electromagnetic induction or electromagnetic radiation emitted by an outside source."
           },
           {
                "value": "replay-of-messages",
                "expanded": "Replay of messages",
                "description": "Threat in which valid data transmission is maliciously or fraudulently repeated or delayed."
           },
           {
                "value": "network-reconnaissance-network-traffic-manipulation-and-information-gathering",
                "expanded": "Network Reconnaissance, Network traffic manipulation and Information gathering",
                "description": "Threat of identifying information about a network to find security weaknesses."
           },
           {
                "value": "man-in-the-middle-session-hijacking",
                "expanded": "Man in the middle/ Session hijacking",
                "description": "Threats that relay or alter communication between two parties."
           }
        ]
    },
    {
        "predicate": "nefarious-activity-abuse",
        "entry": [
           {
                "value": "identity-theft-identity-fraud-account)",
                "expanded": "Identity theft (Identity Fraud/ Account)",
                "description": "Threat of identity theft action."
           },
           {
                "value": "credentials-stealing-trojans",
                "expanded": "Credentials-stealing trojans",
                "description": "Threat of identity theft action by malware computer programs."
           },
           {
                "value": "receiving-unsolicited-e-mail",
                "expanded": "Receiving unsolicited E-mail",
                "description": "Threat of receiving unsolicited email which affects information security and efficiency."
           },
           {
                "value": "spam",
                "expanded": "SPAM",
                "description": "Threat of receiving unsolicited, undesired, or illegal email messages."
           },
           {
                "value": "unsolicited-infected-e-mails",
                "expanded": "Unsolicited infected e-mails",
                "description": "Threat emanating from unwanted emails that may contain infected attachments or links to malicious / infected web sites."
           },
           {
                "value": "denial-of-service",
                "expanded": "Denial of service",
                "description": "Threat of service unavailability due to massive requests for services."
           },
           {
                "value": "distributed-denial-of-network-service-network-layer-attack",
                "expanded": "Distributed denial of network service (DDoS) (network layer attack i.e. Protocol exploitation / Malformed packets / Flooding / Spoofing)",
                "description": "Threat of service unavailability due to a massive number of requests for access to network services from malicious clients."
           },
           {
                "value": "distributed-denial-of-network-service-application-layer-attack",
                "expanded": "Distributed denial of application service (DDoS) (application layer attack i.e. Ping of Death / XDoS / WinNuke / HTTP Floods)",
                "description": "Threat of service unavailability due to massive requests sent by multiple malicious clients."
           },
           {
                "value": "distributed-denial-of-network-service-amplification-reflection-attack",
                "expanded": "Distributed DoS (DDoS) to both network and application services (amplification/reflection methods i.e. NTP/ DNS /.../ BitTorrent)",
                "description": "Threat of creating a massive number of requests, using multiplication/amplification methods."
           },
           {
                "value": "malicious-code-software-activity",
                "expanded": "Malicious code/ software/ activity"
           },
           {
                "value": "search-engine-poisoning",
                "expanded": "Search Engine Poisoning",
                "description": "Threat of deliberate manipulation of search engine indexes."
           }
        ]
    }
  ],
  "predicates": [
    {
      "description": "Threats of intentional, hostile human actions.",
      "expanded": "Physical attack (deliberate/intentional).",
      "value": "physical-attack"
    },
    {
      "description": "Threats of unintentional human actions or errors.",
      "expanded": "Unintentional damage / loss of information or IT assets.",
      "value": "unintentional-damage"
    },
    {
      "description": "Threats of damage to information assets caused by natural or environmental factors.",
      "expanded": "Disaster (natural, environmental).",
      "value": "disaster"
    },
    {
      "description": "Threat of failure/malfunction of IT supporting infrastructure (i.e.  degradation of quality, improper working parameters, jamming).  The cause of a failure is mostly an internal issue (e.g.. overload of the power grid in a building).",
      "expanded": "Failures/ Malfunction.",
      "value": "failures-malfunction"
    },
    {
      "description": "Threat of complete lack or loss of resources necessary for IT infrastructure. The cause of an outage is mostly an external issue (i.e electricity blackout in the whole city).",
      "expanded": "Outages.",
      "value": "outages"
    },
    {
      "description": "Threats that alter communication between two parties. These attacks do not have to install additional tools/software on a victim's site.",
      "expanded": "Eavesdropping/ Interception/ Hijacking",
      "value": "eavesdropping-interception-hijacking"
    },
    {
      "description": "Threats of nefarious activities that require use of tools by the attacker. These attacks require installation of additional tools/software or performing additional steps on the victim's IT infrastructure/software.",
      "expanded": "Nefarious Activity/ Abuse",
      "value": "nefarious-activity-abuse"
    },
    {
      "description": "Threat of financial or legal penalty or loss of trust of customers and collaborators due to legislation.",
      "expanded": "Legal",
      "value": "legal"
    }
  ],
  "version": 1,
  "description": "The present threat taxonomy is an initial version that has been developed on the basis of available ENISA material. This material has been used as an ENISA-internal structuring aid for information collection and threat consolidation purposes. It emerged in the time period 2012-2015.",
  "expanded": "ENISA Threat Taxonomy",
  "namespace": "enisa"
}