Risk mitigation
nounverified· unreviewed·updated Aug 30, 2026
Prioritizing, evaluating, and implementing the appropriate risk-reducing controls/countermeasures recommended from the risk management process.
Framework senses
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- The management of risk through the use of countermeasures and controls
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- §1
- The process of reducing risks through the introduction of specific controls and risk transfer. It includes the implementation of appropriate controls to reduce the potential for risk and bring the level of risk in line with the board's risk appetite.
- §1
- Prioritizing, evaluating, and implementing the appropriate risk-reducing controls/countermeasures recommended from the risk management process.
- §1
- Prioritizing, evaluating, and implementing the appropriate risk-reducing controls/countermeasures recommended from the risk management process.
- §1
- Prioritizing, evaluating, and implementing the appropriate risk-reducing controls/countermeasures recommended from the risk management process.
- §1
- Prioritizing, evaluating, and implementing the appropriate risk-reducing controls/countermeasures recommended from the risk management process.
- §1 · attested_usage_pack_match
- No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 1 citation in that document; a definition is pending curation.Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
- §1 · legacy_primary
- Prioritizing, evaluating, and implementing the appropriate risk-reducing controls/countermeasures recommended from the risk management process.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column