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Risk assessments and metrics


Learn how to assess and correlate the risks to your IT systems and networks, and produce relevant metrics that you can use to analyze threats to your organization, or present a case to management for additional IT resources. Also, learn about risk management frameworks and metrics, and how to build a risk management strategy with proper requirements, responsibilities and controls.
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How to conduct a risk analysis
TIP - In this installment of the Risk Management Guide, Shon Harris provides step-by-step instructions on conducting a risk analysis.
Putting risk analysis into words
TIP - Being able to communicate risk effectively is an important business skill and can help you bring important resources and capital to your security objectives.

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Marcus Ranum on cyberwarfare, infosec careers
SearchSecurity.com | 29 Oct 2009
VIDEO - At 2009's Information Security Decisions conference, security expert Marcus Ranum sat down to answer some of readers' security questions.
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Are you too small for an email retention and archiving policy?
15 Mar 2010
TIP - Joel Snyder reviews how organizations, both large and small, should prepare their email retention and archiving policy.
Encryption basics: How asymmetric and symmetric encryption works
15 Feb 2010
TIP - Before you encrypt your files, emails and Web transactions, make sure you know the cryptography basics.
Secure data destruction using a bootable Windows CD
20 Jan 2010
TIP - Tom Chmielarski reveals how one free, easy-to-use tool may be what prevents your valuable hard drive data from being sold on eBay.
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Midmarket security managers must push risk acceptance to the business
SearchMidmarketSecurity.com | 23 Apr 2009
ARTICLE - Experts say midmarket security managers must work with business leaders to define acceptable risk, and transfer risk prioritization to them when appropriate.
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Essential guide: Pandemic planning for H1N1
SearchSecurity.co.UK | 02 Dec 2009
E-GUIDE - Discover how to prepare for a possible swine flu outbreak so your business can continue to operate smoothly and securely.
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Securosis takes aim at midmarket security needs
14 Jan 2010
PODCAST - Editorial Director Michael S. Mimoso talks with the crew at analyst firm Securosis about how its research will target midsized companies.
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risk analysis
18 Apr 2006
WORD - Risk analysis is the process of defining and analyzing the dangers to individuals, businesses and government agencies posed by potential natural and human-caused adverse events. In IT, a risk analysis report can be used to ...
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