RISK ASSESSMENT.

What it is?
Risk management is the management and identification of potential threats and associated risks with an IT system e.g., natural threats such as floods and earthquakes, human threats such as unauthorized access to confidential information and environmental threats such as pollution, acid, etc

How it works?
This test runs through the system and audits the network and determining who or what would be a threat and who or what is a threat to the network. It helps screen potential vulnerabilities.

What it does?
This test helps reduce and stop the problem before it gets into the network. It also helps secure information that is confidential. It also safeguards and ProTects data from being lost in the system due to the various threats that could course harm from the outside.

What would happen if you do not perform this test?
Loss of confidentiality; if a mission critical IT system is unavailable to its end users; the organizations mission may be affected.
Loss of availability: if a mission critical IT system is unavailable to its end users, the organizations mission may be affected
Loss of integrity systems and data integrity refers to the requirement that information be protected from improper modification