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What is the objective of risk assessment?

To enable organization executives to determine an appropriate budget for security and, within that budget, implement security controls to optimize the level of protection.

What is an asset, in the context of information security?

An asset is an item of value to the achievement of organizational mission/business objectives.

What is a threat in relation to information security?

Any circumstance or event with the potential to adversely impact organizational operations (including mission, functions, image, or reputation), organizational assets, or individuals through an information system via unauthorized access, destruction, disclosure, modification of information, and/or denial of service.

What is the primary goal of implementing security controls?

<p>To minimize the likelihood and impact of threats (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a vulnerability in information security?

<p>A weakness in an information system, system security procedures, internal controls, or implementation that could be exploited or triggered by a threat source.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a security control?

<p>A safeguard or countermeasure prescribed for an information system or an organization designed to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of its information and meet a set of defined security requirements.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is impact in the context of information security?

<p>The magnitude of harm that can be expected to result from the consequences of unauthorized disclosure of information, unauthorized modification of information, unauthorized destruction of information, or loss of information or information system availability.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is likelihood in information security?

<p>Also called loss event frequency, the probable frequency, within a given time frame, that a threat agent will inflict harm upon an asset.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Define risk in the context of information security.

<p>A measure of the extent to which an entity is threatened by a potential circumstance or event.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA)?

<p>To ensure that the handling of information conforms to applicable legal, regulatory, and policy requirements regarding privacy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are two key factors considered in estimating the impact of a privacy breach?

<p>Prejudicial potential and level of identification.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is privacy awareness a critical element of an information privacy program?

<p>It is the means for disseminating privacy information to all employees, including IT staff, IT security staff, management, and IT users and other employees.</p> Signup and view all the answers

A workforce with a high level of privacy awareness is as important as any other privacy countermeasure or control.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is privacy awareness in the context of information security?

<p>The extent to which staff understands the importance of information privacy, the level of privacy required for personal information stored and processed by the organization, and their privacy responsibilities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is privacy culture?

<p>The extent to which staff demonstrates expected privacy behavior in line with their privacy responsibilities and the level of privacy required for personal information stored and processed by the organization.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Cybersecurity essentials training is only for IT staff.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of role-based training in cybersecurity?

<p>To provide the knowledge and skills specific to an individual's roles and responsibilities relative to information systems.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is education/certification in the context of cybersecurity?

<p>It integrates all of the security skills and competencies of the various functional specialties into a common body of knowledge and adds a multidisciplinary study of concepts, issues, and principles.</p> Signup and view all the answers

All employees have some level of responsibility related to the protection of personally identifiable information.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is awareness training essential for a privacy program?

<p>It continually pushes the privacy message to users in a variety of formats.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Flashcards

Risk Assessment

Estimating the potential cost of security breaches and likelihood of those breaches to determine appropriate security budget and controls.

Threat

Circumstance/event that can harm organizational operations, assets, or individuals through an info system.

Threat Severity

Magnitude of potential damage a threat event can cause to an organization.

Threat Strength

Level of force a threat agent can apply.

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Threat Event Frequency

How often a threat agent acts against an asset.

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Vulnerability

Weakness in a system that a threat can exploit.

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Security Control

Safeguard to protect confidentiality, integrity, availability of information, and meet security requirements.

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Impact

Magnitude of harm from unauthorized data disclosure, modification, destruction, or loss of system availability.

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Likelihood

Probability a threat agent will harm an asset.

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Asset

Item valuable to achieving organizational mission/business objectives.

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Risk

The extent of threat to an entity.

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Security Breaches

Unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, destruction or theft of information resulting in a loss.

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Information System

Set of hardware, software, data, people, and procedures used to achieve organizational objectives.

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Study Notes

Risk Management and Privacy Awareness

  • Risk assessment aims to estimate the potential costs of security breaches and their likelihood.
  • Organizations use this process to create a security budget and optimize protection levels.
  • An asset is anything valuable to an organization, especially information-processing components like data, devices, and supporting environments.
  • A threat is any circumstance that could harm an organization through unauthorized access, destruction, disclosure, modification, or denial of service.
  • Threat severity reflects the potential damage a threat event can cause.
  • Threat strength is the force a threat agent can use against an asset.
  • Threat event frequency is the expected recurrence rate of a threat action.
  • Vulnerability is a weakness in security procedures or implementation that a threat can exploit.
  • A security control is a method of safeguarding information confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
  • Impact is the damage resulting from unauthorized information loss or change.
  • Likelihood measures how often a threat action will occur in a given timeframe.
  • Risk is the potential harm combined with its frequency.

Privacy Risk Assessment

  • Privacy impact assessment (PIA) ensures handling information maintains policies.
  • PIA analyses factors contributing to privacy impact.
  • These factors include potential harm from data loss and identifying affected parties.

Privacy Awareness

  • Privacy awareness is crucial in information privacy programs.
  • Training and education programs communicate privacy information to all employees.
  • High workforce privacy awareness is fundamental for security measures.
  • Privacy awareness involves understanding privacy importance, required levels for personal data, and responsibilities.
  • A privacy culture promotes appropriate privacy behaviors.

Cybersecurity Learning Continuum

  • Awareness programs educate and promote security, ensuring accountability.
  • Cybersecurity essentials establish secure IT resource use.
  • Role-based training provides skills specific to individual roles.
  • Education/certification combines skills from various IT specialists.

Common Body of Knowledge

  • A shared body of knowledge across disciplines related to privacy issues.
  • All employees share responsibility for protecting personally identifiable information (PII).
  • Training focuses on issues or a set of issues concerning this matter.
  • Ongoing privacy training addresses various aspects like physical security, social media usage, and social engineering tactics.

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Test your knowledge on the principles of risk management and privacy awareness. This quiz covers key concepts such as threat assessment, vulnerabilities, security controls, and more. Understand how to protect valuable assets within an organization effectively.

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