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Access Control and Identity Management, 3rd Edition
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Access Control and Identity Management, 3rd Edition

by Mike Chapple
October 2020
Intermediate to advanced
376 pages
13h 58m
English
Jones & Bartlett Learning
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CHAPTER SUMMARY

Risk assessments are used to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities and prioritize steps designed to minimize or mitigate those risks. There are two basic types of risk assessment: qualitative and quantitative. Qualitative risk assessments are the more subjective of the two types. In a qualitative risk assessment, you assign a label of high, medium, or low, based on a number of factors including overall impact of a perceived threat, its probability of occurrence, and the value of the assets being threatened. In a quantitative risk assessment, you would assign a dollar value to each element of risk, making it easy to prioritize mitigation projects.

Case studies are a good place to start when considering a risk assessment ...

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ISBN: 9781284198362