Every organization uses its information to support its business operations. When there are threats in the internal and external environments, they create the risk of information loss or damage. This course examines the design and construction of a risk management program, including policies and plans, to support the identification and treatment of risk to the organization’s information assets.
A General Approach to Risk Management
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A General Approach to Risk Management
This course is part of Cybersecurity Risk Management Frameworks Specialization
Instructors: Michael Whitman, Ph.D., CISM, CISSP
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Discuss the development of a Framework to guide the organization’s risk management efforts.
Explain the process of performing risk assessment to identify the risk to the organization’s information assets.
Discuss the strategies available to the organization to reduce the risk to its information assets to an acceptable level.
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Such a detailed and well explained on every items on each sections. I've learned a lot of new terms and descriptions associated with Risk Management.
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