Risk Assessment Methodology

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A risk assessment process, together with a risk model, assessment approach, and analysis approach.

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

Senses

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FFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 2012

A system of examinations, interviews, or tests performed by an assessor in order to support the identification, prioritization, and estimation of risks to organizational operations, organizational assets, individuals, other organizations, and the Nation through the operation of an information system and assign a value to assets, threat frequency, and consequences.

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synonym: risk methodology
plural: Risk Assessment Methodologies
possessive: Risk Assessment Methodology's
pluralpossessive: Risk Assessment Methodologies'

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