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Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Compliance Management Cookbook

By : Andreas Baumgarten
Book Image

Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Compliance Management Cookbook

By: Andreas Baumgarten

Overview of this book

Whether you are an IT manager, an administrator, or security professional who wants to learn how Microsoft Security Compliance Manager and Microsoft System Center can help fulfil compliance and security requirements, this is the book for you. Prior knowledge of Microsoft System Center is required.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)
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Index

Planning the risk assessment approach


This recipe addresses risk assessment, including the definition of risks and threats that will influence your decision on the control objectives and activities you choose. The recipe provides further advice on control selections.

There are several reasons for using a risk assessment approach for your compliance program.

The first reason is already mentioned in recipe 1 step 2. There are several regulatory requirements of which risk assessment is an integral part.

The second reason is that risk assessment allows you to have a systematic approach to your control selection. Risk assessment will make you aware of the kind of risks, threats, and vulnerabilities your company faces with respect to its sensitive data, information systems, employees, and so on. This will provide several advantages to your business. First, you have a better understanding of the true costs of the product you offer. Second, as part of risk assessment, you not only examine the asset...