The information security risk assessment report should include: identification of various risks faced by the assessment object, assessment of risk probability and possible negative impacts, determination of the organization's ability to withstand risks, and determination of priorities for risk reduction and control. , recommend risk reduction countermeasures.
Information security risk assessment refers to risk assessment standards and management specifications to analyze the asset value, potential threats, weak links, and protective measures taken of the information system to determine the probability and possibility of security incidents. losses caused and the process of proposing risk management measures. When risk assessment is applied to the IT field, it is a risk assessment of information security.
Risk assessment has gradually transitioned from purely technical operations such as simple vulnerability scanning, manual auditing, and penetration testing in the early days to the current widespread use of international standards BS7799, ISO17799, and the national standard "Information System Security Level" "Evaluation Criteria" and other methods fully embody the comprehensive information security risk assessment method and operating model that takes assets as the starting point, threats as triggers, and vulnerabilities in technology/management/operations as incentives.
Risk assessment is the basis of risk management. Risk management relies on the results of risk assessment to determine subsequent risk control and review and approval activities, allowing the organization to accurately "position" risk management strategies, practices and tools. Thereby focusing security activities on important issues and selecting cost-effective, reasonable and applicable security countermeasures.