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What is Residual Risk

Chapter 505
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
A quantification of the risk, or the degree of exposure, that the protected information system will incur, after deciding to counter or eliminate known risk.
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Management and Cost Estimation of Security Projects
Yosra Miaoui (University of Carthage, Tunisia), Boutheina A. Fessi (University of Carthage, Tunisia), and Noureddine Boudriga (University of Carthage, Tunisia)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 12
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch505
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Chapter 9
The International Experience in Security Risk Analysis Methods
The risk that remains after security measures are implemented in a computer system and communications, as a consequence of the fact that not all threats can be countered and not all vulnerabilities can be eliminated or reduced to zero.
Published in Chapter: The International Experience in Security Risk Analysis Methods; From: Network Security and Its Impact on Business Strategy
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Chapter 7
Information Systems Risk Management: An Audit and Control Approach
Risk that remains after a control is implemented is called residual risk.
Published in Chapter: Information Systems Risk Management: An Audit and Control Approach; From: Handbook of Research on Information Security and Assurance
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Chapter 9
A Hybrid Asset-Based IT Risk Management Framework
It is the risk that cannot be reduced to the acceptable level after risk processing.
Published in Chapter: A Hybrid Asset-Based IT Risk Management Framework; From: Advanced Models and Tools for Effective Decision Making Under Uncertainty and Risk Contexts
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Chapter 2
An Overview of the IT Risk Management Methodologies for Securing Information Assets
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Chapter 14
Information Security Risk Management in the European Union
Is the risk that remains after security measures are implemented in a computer system and communications, as a consequence of the fact that not all threats can be countered and not all vulnerabilities can be eliminated or reduced to zero.
Published in Chapter: Information Security Risk Management in the European Union; From: Throughput Accounting in a Hyperconnected World
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Chapter 420
Cost Estimation and Security Investment of Security Projects
Is a quantification of the risk or the degree of exposure that the protected information system will incur, after deciding to counter or eliminate known risk.
Published in Chapter: Cost Estimation and Security Investment of Security Projects; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
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