7 Risk Management
DOI: 10.1201/b11355-7
It is the risk element which ensures security. Risk brings out the ingenuity and resourcefulness which ensure success.
Robert Rawls
Risk Management and Asset Protection
The main function of information assurance is to protect the informational assets of a company from being accessed, manipulated, or deleted by unauthorized users. A company is comprised of assets and liabilities. Liabilities include debt, depreciation, a bad reputation, and any other thing costing the organization capital expenditures. Of course, assets include buildings, real estate, product lines, personnel, and any other item that may give value to the organization. Not all assets are tangible, though. Data should also be considered ...
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