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Risk Assessment

Implementing a Successful Security Assessment Process

The goal of a security assessment, (also known as a security audit or security review), is to ensure that necessary security controls are integrated into the design and implementation of ...

Written by: Bradley Hart and added on June 8, 2011

Facilitating the Qualitative Security Assessment: Overview of the Process of Defining and Delivering

The result of an effective security assessment is that management is in a better position to make informed decisions concerning the delivery of appropriate security controls for their business processes. ...

Written by: Mike Kleckner and added on March 24, 2011

Free Weekly Reports Covering Risk Assessments

IT Business Edge delivers current IT security information to your email box each week. Their team of veteran technology journalists scour the web - literally reviewing hundreds of information sources ...

Document added on Feb. 24, 2011

Full Lifecycle Security Assessment - A Case Study

A security assessment is the first step to security awareness. Often a company knows that they are not secure simply because they have not taken proactive steps to address it. ...

Document added on April 27, 2011

Application of the Survivable Network Analysis Method to Secure My Office System

I will present the results of applying the Survivable Network Analysis method to my office system. A brief overview of the method will be presented followed by a detailed description ...

Document added on Jan. 20, 2011

Case Study: Security Assessment at a Small Technology Corporation

Our company has developed a Trusted Space for client-server and Web-enabled applications, allowing businesses to safely access and exchange confidential information electronically through the Internet. As we continue to develop ...

Document added on Jan. 6, 2011

Defining a Risk Assessment Process for Federal Security Personnel

One goal of this paper is to provide general guidance on security resources for federal information system security officers within a federal agency. Another goal is to provide a basic ...

Document added on June 4, 2011

Fortifying My Doghouse while Thieves Steal My Computer

In the last few years we thought that fortifying our network perimeter would keep all the bad people out of our computers and the data on our networks. What we ...

Document added on Feb. 20, 2011

The Value of Risk Assessment - A Case Study

This paper will examine the application of the security risk assessment process to a rather complex project from the initial phases of its design prior to security risk assessment to ...

Document added on Feb. 10, 2011

An Introduction to Information Risk Assessment

An understanding of risk and the application of risk assessment methodology is essential to being able to efficiently and effectively create a secure computing environment. Unfortunately, this is still a ...

Document added on April 19, 2011