The purpose of an information security risk assessment is to prioritise threats so that you can allocate time and resources appropriately. To do that, you need a way of calculating the severity of these threats; that’s where the information security risk assessment methodology comes in. A methodology enables organisations to measure risks consistently across the business, avoiding biases and ensuring that every department is treated equally. How does a risk assessment methodology work? Information security risk assessment methodologies are designed to make sure that everyone responsible for assessing the organisation produces easily comparable results. At its core, it states exactly
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