Defined term
Risk Mitigation
Risk Mitigation: Prioritizing, evaluating, and implementing the appropriate risk-reducing controls/countermeasures recommended from the risk management process.
Also known as: Mitigation
Alternative names:
Mitigation
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Definition
Prioritizing, evaluating, and implementing the appropriate risk-reducing controls/countermeasures recommended from the risk management process.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
A structured approach to managing risks to data and information by which an organization selects and applies appropriate security controls in compliance with policy and commensurate with the sensitivity and value of the data.
- Definition 3
Prioritizing, evaluating, and implementing the appropriate riskreducing controls/countermeasures recommended from the risk management process. (CNSSI-4009; SP 800-30; SP 800-39) (NISTIR)
Sources
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Committee on National Security Systems Glossary CNSSI 4009-2015
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NICCS Glossary
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The Cyber Glossary
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