# Attack Path **Entity class:** Adversarial-security and graph concept ## Definition An **attack path** is a sequence of exploitable conditions, accesses, relationships, privileges, movements, and actions connecting an adversary to a protected asset or consequence. Graph analysis represents alternative paths and the control points that can break them. ## Relevance to this collection It connects [[wiki/Attack Surface|Attack Surface]], [[wiki/Novel Attack Chain|Novel Attack Chain]], [[wiki/Threat Source|Threat Source]], [[wiki/Vulnerability|Vulnerability]], and [[wiki/Predictive Defense|Predictive Defense]]. ## Relationships - **master collection:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]]. - **sociotechnical system:** [[wiki/Sociotechnical Attack Surface|Sociotechnical Attack Surface]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [MITRE, CAPEC: Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification](https://capec.mitre.org/) (accessed 2026-09-23). **As of:** 2026-09-23