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Information Security risk

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The risk to organizational operations (including mission, functions, image, reputation), organizational assets, individuals, other organizations, and the Nation due to the potential for unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction of information and/or information systems. See Risk.

MWENISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

Senses

FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Baseline, May 2017

The combination of the probability and severity of impact that results from a threat successfully breaking through a vulnerability in security and attacking the organization's information.

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

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Information Class

Cui65%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants

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