Practical Information Security Risk Management: Understanding the Big Picture to Focus on the Right Priorities

Abstract

Why is Understanding Risk Important? Knowing what and where your risks are help you decide where to spend your time and money. A successful protection strategy is based on a solid understanding of risk and a comprehensive risk management program. Critical decisions should not be based on best guess, or uninformed, generic external factors. Not understanding risk may lead to errors in allocating protection mechanism and lead to exposures that might have been prevented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2021
Accession Number
AD1192538

Entities

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Best Practices
  • Commerce
  • Computer Access Control
  • Computer Network Security
  • Consumers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Guarantees
  • Guidance
  • Information Security
  • Materials
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis
  • Risk Management
  • Security
  • Situational Awareness
  • Software Development
  • Standards
  • Students
  • Universities
  • Vulnerability

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