Managing Information Security Risks: The OCTAVESM Approach

1.2. Information Security Risk Evaluation and Management

Think about how much you rely upon access to information and systems to do your job. Today, information systems are essential to most organizations, because virtually all information is captured, stored, and accessed in digital form.We rely on digital data that are accessible, dependable, and protected from misuse. Systems are interconnected in ways that could not have been imagined ten years ago. Networked systems have enabled unprecedented access to information. Unfortunately, they have also exposed our information to a variety of new threats. Organizations today have implemented a wide variety of complex computing infrastructures. They need flexible approaches that enable them to understand ...