CRISC IT Risk Identification Practice Question
An organization uses the PASTA threat modeling methodology. In which stage would the team identify threat agents and their capabilities?
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Threat analysis
PASTA's third stage involves profiling threat agents and their capabilities.
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Define objectives
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Stage 1 defines business and security objectives.
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Threat analysis
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Stage 3 analyzes threats, including threat agents.
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Vulnerability analysis
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Stage 4 identifies vulnerabilities.
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Decompose application
Why it's wrong here
Stage 2 involves understanding the application architecture.
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