Blast Radius (Dictionary Entry)

Owned by David Doret, created
Last updated: 15-53-2020
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Contexts

Cybersecurity, IAM

Term

Blast Radius

Alternative Forms

Entity Blast Radius, Identity Blast Radius

Definitions

The set of all privileges of an entity, considering hidden and transitive privileges. The blast radius provides the potential impact of the entity compromise.

Quotes

BLAST RADIUS:

The full privileges of an entity in your cloud include hidden / transitive privileges.

(…) The full impact if an entity in your cloud is compromised.

(Microsoft, 2020(2), p. 37)

Illustrations

(Microsoft, 2020(2), p. 37)

Bibliography

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