# Severity criteria

The severity of findings detected by Cloud Diagnostics is classified as follows.

| Severity | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| :------- | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Critical | This indicates the possibility that a resource is already compromised due to a vulnerability that can be exploited immediately.                                                                                                                                         |
| High     | This indicates the possibility that a resource with a security misconfiguration is vulnerable, depending on the situation, because multi-layered defense is not implemented for the resource.                                                                           |
| Medium   | This indicates either that a resource with a security misconfiguration exists, but multi-layered defense is partially implemented for the resource, or that an issue could make it difficult to investigate or could expand the impact of an incident.                  |
| Low      | This indicates either that a resource with a security misconfiguration exists, but multi-layered defense is sufficiently implemented for the resource, or that a minor issue could make it difficult to investigate or could slightly expand the impact of an incident. |
| Info     | This provides information about practices for using public clouds more securely.                                                                                                                                                                                        |