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Unit 4 Implement Controls

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Having identified the risks, it is time to evaluate the likelihood that harm or loss will actually occur. This will help you identify the severity of each risk and what to do about it. Because risk is an everyday occurrence, you will not be able to eliminate all risk in any given environment. Instead, you will need to prioritize the primary risks and things you need to do in order to better manage them. In general, you need to balance the level of risk against the controls needed to manage each risk, in terms of money, time, and loss or damage. However, you should not take action (i.e. invest any resources) if it’s clearly disproportionate to the level of risk. In other words, you need to define an acceptable level of risk for each specific situation. The acceptable level of risk should depend on several factors such as the following: the threat and vulnerabilities, the sensitivity of data and its applications, the impact on the business; such as loss of revenue or the inability to continue operations, and a cost/benefit analysis.
4.4 Implement Controls The third phase of our risk analysis involves implementing the security controls. Security controls are essentially …show more content…

Preventive controls can be as simple as locks and keys to access sensitive areas of a building, clearances to access classified data, or the use of complex passwords with encryption. Detective controls can be as simple as cameras or motion detector systems in a building, or, as complex as a network intrusion detection system (NIDS) on the network. Corrective controls, usually combined with preventive and detective controls, help reduce the damage once a risk has manifested. This can be done by performing regular backups in the event of a system crash. Below is an illustration (Figure 4-1) of the three main types of security

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