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an asset supporting a mission, resulting in some form of loss of availability, integ-
rity, or condentiality, resulting in operational impact to the mission. This structure
of risk assessment ts into the concept of risk management well in that it identies
and examines the major elements that lead to the losses to an organization. This is
shown graphically in Figure 4.1. Note that each step can be isolated for analysis.
More information on this will be presented later.
WHAT DOES MISSION SUCCESS MEAN?
Before one can answer this question, it is important to understand fully what is meant
by mission. ...