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Exploring risk

Exploring risk

From the course: Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate (200-201) Cert Prep: 1 Security Concepts

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Exploring risk

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- [Presenter] Risk is when a person, place or thing is open or exposed to harm. Organizations actively analyze risk and evaluate potential issues that could negatively impact the business. The goal is to reduce risk to protect assets, which are tangible and intangible items that can be assigned a value. Tangible assets include anything you can touch, such as printers or computers. Intangible assets include trade secrets, databases or company records. Risk is a combination of threats and vulnerabilities according to a formula. Risk equals threat times vulnerability. Risk includes business disruption, financial loss, or even loss of life. A threat is anything that could exploit a vulnerability, intentionally or accidentally, and obtain, damage or destroy an asset. A threat can range from an innocent mistake made by employees to a ransomware attack. Threats in general are difficult to control. Threats include malware…

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