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Risk management
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- 1Risk management:Is the process of identifying security issues and deciding which counter measures to take in reducing risk to an acceptable level.
- 2Risk management 2:The main objective is to reduce the risk for an organization to a level that is deemed acceptable by senior management.
- 3Asset:It’s something that has value to the person or organization, such as sensitive information in a database.
- 4Threat:Is an entity that can cause the loss of an asset or any potential danger to the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of information or systems, such as a data breach the result in a database being stolen.
- 5Threat agent (attacker):Is an entity that can carry out a threat, such as a disgruntled employee who copies a database to a thumb drive and sells it to a competitor.
- 6Vulnerability:Is a weakness that allows a threat to be carried out, such as a USB port that is enabled on the server hosting the database or a server room door that is frequently left ajar.
- 7Vulnerability 2:USB devices pose the greatest threats to the confidentiality of data in the most secure organizations. There are so many devices that can support file storage that stealing data has become easy, and preventing it is difficult.
- 8Exploit:Is a procedure or product that takes advantage of a vulnerability to carry out a threat such as when a disgruntled employee waits for the server room door to be left ajar, copies database to a thumb drive, and then sells it.
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- Cybersecurity Flashcards on Risk management , created by Niecey Rios on 25/08/2021.
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