Threats

Security threats are events or circumstances that adversely impact a surface transportation system or communication between systems. Threats cover a broad spectrum and include errors, fraud, disgruntled employees, fire, water damage, hackers, terrorist acts, viruses, and natural disasters. For the ITS Architecture, general threat categories are identified that encompass all of these specific threats, but allow threats to be categorized in a general way. The four general threat categories are as follows: