Glossary of Data Communications Terms

Courtesy Enterprise-Wide Computing, Inc.

Term: risk analysis
Definition: a process of studying system assets and vulnerabilities to determine an expected loss from harmful events, based upon probabilities of occurrence of those harmful events. The object of risk analysis is to determine the degree of acceptability of each risk to system operation.

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