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  Asked: Mar 27 2008   2:16 PM GMT
  Asked by: Keceditor


Risk Management


Risk management metrics, Risk management

I'm looking for information about the most pressing issues facing risk managers.

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IT risk management is a very different exercise than just managing and mitigating technology threats and vulnerabilities related to infrastructure. What's often missing in discussions of risk is the business impact should a condition arise that affects (at a minimum) the confidentiality, integrity or availability of the business' most important assets.

Most enterprises -- regardless of size -- have no reliable way of understanding how to prioritize their efforts and spending, as a measured result of managing risk, to an acceptable level based upon a transparent process. This is usually because they don't have a transparent process for IT risk management.


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