Threats and Vunerabilities

Question 1

What do you call something that could cause harm, loss, damage, or compromise to IT systems?

Answer 1

Threats

Question 2

Natural disasters, cyber-attacks, data integrity breaches, and disclosure of confidential info are all examples of what?

Answer 2

Threats

Question 3

What is any weakness in the system design or implementation?

Answer 3

Vunerabilities

Question 4

Software bugs, misconfigured software, improperly protected network devices, missing security patches, and lack of physical security are all examples of what?

Answer 4

Vulnerabilities

Question 5

Where threats and vulnerabilities intersect…

Answer 5

that is where the risk to enterprise systems and networks lies

Question 6

Threat + No Vulnerability =

Answer 6

No Risk (and vice versa)

Question 7

What is Risk Management defined as?

Answer 7

Finding different ways to minimize the likelihood of an outcome occurring and achieve the desired outcomes