CHAPTER 2: RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES

In this book we use the terms ‘method’ and ‘methodology’ interchangeably. A method is (as most standard dictionaries explain) simply a ‘way of doing something’. A method, in other words, will contain principles and procedures, describing both what must be done and how it must be done. A risk assessment methodology, therefore, is a description of the principles and procedures (preferably documented) that describe how information security risks should be assessed and evaluated.

An effective, defined, ISO27001 information security risk assessment methodology should meet the requirements of ISO27001 and, in doing so, should provide the organisation (particularly its board and management) with an assurance ...

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