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Residual risk

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

The remaining potential risk after all IT security measures are applied. There is a residual risk associated with each threat.

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Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

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Residual risks
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Residual risk's
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