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Next step is to define why these items need to be protected. Need to
identify specific reason and justification need to be explained? Goals
need to be defined before they can be achieved. A clear, concise,
unambiguous statement
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nsures systems are not over or under protected.
• Focuses on what is to be accomplished not how.
Sample Statement
Step 2: Identify the System
What Is a System?
1. “System is defined as “a set of connected things or parts form-
ing a complex whole, in particular.”
2. “A set of things working together as parts of a mechanism or
an interconnecting network.”
e following are the types of system entities ...