Management Of Information Security
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Author: WHITMAN, Michael.
Publisher: Cengage Learning,
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Chapter 6, Problem 7RQ
Program Plan Intro
Risk Management:
- Risk management refers to the mitigation of risk.
- It is defined as a process of discovering, analyzing, and assessing the risks to an organization’s operations.
- It also determines how these risks can be controlled and mitigated.
- The various sources of risk include uncertainty in financial markets, legal liabilities, threats from project failures, credit risk, etc.
- Several risk management standards was developed such as Project Management Institute, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and ISO standards.
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Management Of Information Security
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