---
type: "term"
title: "Threat Cluster"
description: "An organizational construct that groups a set of threats exploiting a common generic vulnerability related to IT systems and humans."
resource: "tlctc:term:threat-cluster"
tags:
  - "glossary"
---
# Threat Cluster

An organizational construct that groups a set of threats exploiting a common generic vulnerability related to IT systems and humans. The TLCTC framework defines 10 mutually exclusive threat clusters, each associated with a unique generic vulnerability (Axiom I) and distinct attack vector (Axiom II).