CC Certified in Cybersecurity Cert Guide

Chapter 2

Risk Management

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Risk management: Understand the process of managing risk such that future emergencies are adequately prepared for.

• Threats and vulnerabilities: Differentiate between threats and vulnerabilities and the roles each play in risk management.

• Likelihood and impact: Differentiate between likelihood and impact and the roles each play in a risk assessment.

• Risk priorities: Describe the concept of assigning priorities to risks so that the organization can judge which ones are more important and in which order they must be remediated.

• Risk identification: Describe the process of considering a variety of areas, including technological, business, and regulatory, and deciding which risks ...