Lesson 2: Threats, Vulnerabilities and Cyber Risk

Why might the same technical weakness be a minor nuisance in one organisation but a serious danger in another? Imagine two organisations with a similar weakness in a digital function: one uses it for an isolated, low-value task, while the other relies on it to provide an essential public service. The central idea is that a weakness does not have one fixed level of danger; its significance depends on context and the consequences that could follow.