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5. The Importance of Risk Management

Jim Seaman1 
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Castleford, West Yorkshire, UK
 
Bearing in mind that you cannot completely eliminate risk (especially when the “Human Factor” and Supplier Management is involved), the importance of risk management, within your PCI DSS compliance program, becomes increasingly relevant to your business.
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Figure 5-1

Risk Assessment Practice

This is probably the most misunderstood aspect of most Cyber/InfoSec strategies, especially within the PCI DSS integrated framework.

Why is this?

In traditional control frameworks, such as the ISO/IEC 27001:2013 ...

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