IT-Related Risk

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Technology

Security

The net mission/business impact considering

  • 1) the likelihood that a particular threat source will exploit, or trigger, a particular information system vulnerability, and
  • 2) the resulting impact if this should occur. IT-related risks arise from legal liability or mission/business loss due to, but not limited to:
    • Unauthorized (malicious, non-malicious, or accidental) disclosure, modification, or destruction of information.
    • Non-malicious errors and omissions.
    • IT disruptions due to natural or man-made disasters.
    • Failure to exercise due care and diligence in the implementation and operation of the IT.

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