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CRISC Information Systems Control

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1. MAGERIT
Failure modes effects analysis
A probable situation with uncertain frequency and magnitude of loss (or gain)
A further development of the business goals into tactical targets and desired results and outcomes
Methodology for Information Systems Risk Analysis and Management

2. Residual risk
Exists to detect and report when errors - omissions and unauthorized uses or entries occur
The set of hardware - software and facilities that integrates an enterprise's IT assets. Scope Note: Specifically - the equipment (including servers - routers - switches and cabling) - software - services and products used in storing - processing - t
1. The risk level or exposure without taking into account the actions that management has taken or might take (e.g. -implementing controls) 2. The risk that a material error could occur - assuming that there are no related internal controls to preven
The remaining risk after management has implemented a risk response

3. Threat event
Any event during which a threat element/actor acts against an asset in a manner that has the potential to directly result in harm
A plan of action or set of procedures to be performed if a system implementation - upgrade or modification does not work as intended Scope Note: May involve restoring the system to its state prior to the implementation or change. Fallback procedures
risk management framework
The discipline by which an enterprise in any industry assesses - controls - exploits - finances and monitors risk from all sources for the purpose of increasing the enterprise's short- and long-term value to its stakeholders

4. Business process owner
The individual responsible for identifying process requirements - approving process design and managing process performance. Scope Note: Must be at an appropriately high level in the enterprise and have authority to commit resources to process-specif
business continuity planning
The management of risk through the use of countermeasures and controls
An evaluation of the type - scope and nature of events or actions that can result in adverse consequences; identification of the threats that exist against enterprise assets Scope Note: The threat analysis usually defines the level of threat and the

5. treadway
The discipline by which an enterprise in any industry assesses - controls - exploits - finances and monitors risk from all sources for the purpose of increasing the enterprise's short- and long-term value to its stakeholders
A plan of action or set of procedures to be performed if a system implementation - upgrade or modification does not work as intended Scope Note: May involve restoring the system to its state prior to the implementation or change. Fallback procedures
An evaluation of the type - scope and nature of events or actions that can result in adverse consequences; identification of the threats that exist against enterprise assets Scope Note: The threat analysis usually defines the level of threat and the
commission

6. Threat analysis
The ability of a system or network to resist failure or to recover quickly from any disruption - usually with minimal recognizable effect
operationally critical threat and vulnerability evaluation
The amount of risk - on a broad level - that an entity is willing to accept in pursuit of its mission
An evaluation of the type - scope and nature of events or actions that can result in adverse consequences; identification of the threats that exist against enterprise assets Scope Note: The threat analysis usually defines the level of threat and the

7. BPR
A plan of action or set of procedures to be performed if a system implementation - upgrade or modification does not work as intended Scope Note: May involve restoring the system to its state prior to the implementation or change. Fallback procedures
The description of an IT-related event that can lead to a business impact IT-related incident An IT-related event that causes an operational - developmental and/or strategic business impact
Business Process Reengineering
The amount of risk - on a broad level - that an entity is willing to accept in pursuit of its mission

8. Business continuity plan (BCP)
Carnegie Mellon University
The translation of the enterprise's mission from a statement of intention into performance targets and results
A plan used by an enterprise to respond to disruption of critical business processes. Depends on the contingency plan for restoration of critical systems
The set of shared values and beliefs that governs attitudes toward risk-taking - care and integrity - and determines how openly risk and losses are reported and discussed

9. Threat
The individual responsible for identifying process requirements - approving process design and managing process performance. Scope Note: Must be at an appropriately high level in the enterprise and have authority to commit resources to process-specif
1. An instance of IT risk 2. A combination of control - value and threat conditions that impose a noteworthy level of IT risk
Anything (e.g. - object - substance - human) that is capable of acting against an asset in a manner that can result in harm. Scope Note: A potential cause of an unwanted incident (ISO/IEC 13335)
1. Information that proves or disproves a stated issue 2. Information that an auditor gathers in the course of performing an IS audit; relevant if it pertains to the audit objectives and has a logical relationship to the findings and conclusions it i

10. Preventive control
An internal control that is used to avoid undesirable events - errors and other occurrences that an enterprise has determined could have a negative material effect on a process or end product
British Standards Institution
international electrotechnical commission
statistical process control

11. Detective control
risk management information systems
A study to prioritize the criticality of information resources for the enterprise based on costs (or consequences) of adverse events In an impact analysis - threats to assets are identified and potential business losses determined for different time
committee of sponsoring organizations
Exists to detect and report when errors - omissions and unauthorized uses or entries occur

12. Computer emergency response team (CERT)
expected loss
A repository of the key attributes of potential and known IT risk issues. Attributes may include name - description - owner - expected/actual frequency - potential/actual magnitude - potential/actual business impact - disposition.
The business risk associated with the use - ownership - operation - involvement - influence and adoption of IT within an enterprise
A group of people integrated at the enterprise with clear lines of reporting and responsibilities for standby support in case of an information systems emergency. This group will act as an efficient corrective control - and should also act as a singl

13. Data owner
The phases deployed in the development or acquisition of a software system. Scope Note: SDLC is an approach used to plan - design - develop - test and implement an application system or a major modification to an application system. Typical phases of
The individual(s) - normally a manager or director - who has responsibility for the integrity - accurate reporting and use of computerized data
The business risk associated with the use - ownership - operation - involvement - influence and adoption of IT within an enterprise
cumulative summary. each value is added for a cummulative total.

14. System development life cycle (SDLC)
international electrotechnical commission
The phases deployed in the development or acquisition of a software system. Scope Note: SDLC is an approach used to plan - design - develop - test and implement an application system or a major modification to an application system. Typical phases of
The translation of the enterprise's mission from a statement of intention into performance targets and results
The current and prospective effect on earnings and capital arising from negative public opinion. Scope Note: Reputation risk affects a bank's ability to establish new relationships or services - or to continue servicing existing relationships. It may

15. ERM
The ability of a system or network to resist failure or to recover quickly from any disruption - usually with minimal recognizable effect
The net effect - positive or negative - on the achievement of business objectives
enterprise risk management
A method/process by which management and staff of all levels collectively identify and evaluate risk and controls with their business areas. This may be under the guidance of a facilitator such as an auditor or risk manager.

16. IEC
operationally critical threat and vulnerability evaluation
1. Contains the essential elements of effective processes for one or more disciplines. It also describes an evolutionary improvement path from ad hoc - immature processes to disciplined - mature processes with improved quality and effectiveness. 2. C
international electrotechnical commission
A plan used by an enterprise to respond to disruption of critical business processes. Depends on the contingency plan for restoration of critical systems

17. Key risk indicator (KRI)
An evaluation of the type - scope and nature of events or actions that can result in adverse consequences; identification of the threats that exist against enterprise assets Scope Note: The threat analysis usually defines the level of threat and the
A subset of risk indicators that are highly relevant and possess a high probability of predicting or indicating important risk. Scope Note: See also Risk Indicator.
The phases deployed in the development or acquisition of a software system. Scope Note: SDLC is an approach used to plan - design - develop - test and implement an application system or a major modification to an application system. Typical phases of
1. An instance of IT risk 2. A combination of control - value and threat conditions that impose a noteworthy level of IT risk

18. IT risk issue
The ability of a system or network to resist failure or to recover quickly from any disruption - usually with minimal recognizable effect
1. An instance of IT risk 2. A combination of control - value and threat conditions that impose a noteworthy level of IT risk
The discipline by which an enterprise in any industry assesses - controls - exploits - finances and monitors risk from all sources for the purpose of increasing the enterprise's short- and long-term value to its stakeholders
The policies - procedures and activities designed to provide reasonable assurance that objectives relevant to a given automated solution (application) are achieved

19. CRISC
The permission or privileges granted to users - programs or workstations to create - change - delete or view data and files within a system - as defined by rules established by data owners and the information security policy
certified in risk and information systems control
enterprise risk management
Ensures that stakeholder needs - conditions and options are evaluated to determine balanced - agreed-on enterprise objectives to be achieved; setting direction through prioritization and decision making; and monitoring performance and compliance agai

20. Disaster recovery plan (DRP)
risk control self assessment
A set of human - physical - technical and procedural resources to recover - within a defined time and cost - an activity interrupted by an emergency or disaster
An aptitude - competency or resource that an enterprise may possess or require at an enterprise - business function or individual level that has the potential - or is required - to contribute to a business outcome and to create value
A (graphic) tool for ranking and displaying risk by defined ranges for frequency and magnitude

21. Recovery point objective (RPO)
The amount of risk - on a broad level - that an entity is willing to accept in pursuit of its mission
Any event during which a threat element/actor acts against an asset in a manner that has the potential to directly result in harm
Determined based on the acceptable data loss in case of a disruption of operations. It indicates the earliest point in time that is acceptable to recover the data. The RPO effectively quantifies the permissible amount of data loss in case of interrup
expected loss

22. Risk appetite
The policies - procedures - practices and organizational structures designed to provide reasonable assurance that business
The amount of risk - on a broad level - that an entity is willing to accept in pursuit of its mission
The individual(s) - normally a manager or director - who has responsibility for the integrity - accurate reporting and use of computerized data
Determined based on the acceptable data loss in case of a disruption of operations. It indicates the earliest point in time that is acceptable to recover the data. The RPO effectively quantifies the permissible amount of data loss in case of interrup

23. Capability
Any event during which a material increase in vulnerability results. Note that this increase in vulnerability can result from changes in control conditions or from changes in threat capability/force.
An aptitude - competency or resource that an enterprise may possess or require at an enterprise - business function or individual level that has the potential - or is required - to contribute to a business outcome and to create value
The process of assigning risk to another enterprise - usually through the purchase of an insurance policy or by outsourcing the service
Failure modes effects analysis

24. Authentication

25. Loss event

26. CMU
Methodology for Information Systems Risk Analysis and Management
The remaining risk after management has implemented a risk response
An evaluation of the type - scope and nature of events or actions that can result in adverse consequences; identification of the threats that exist against enterprise assets Scope Note: The threat analysis usually defines the level of threat and the
Carnegie Mellon University

27. Business impact
The translation of the enterprise's mission from a statement of intention into performance targets and results
1. Contains the essential elements of effective processes for one or more disciplines. It also describes an evolutionary improvement path from ad hoc - immature processes to disciplined - mature processes with improved quality and effectiveness. 2. C
The acceptable level of variation that management is willing to allow for any particular risk as the enterprise pursues its objectives
The net effect - positive or negative - on the achievement of business objectives

28. Risk avoidance
Something that happens at a specific place and/or time
Exists to detect and report when errors - omissions and unauthorized uses or entries occur
The process for systematically avoiding risk - constituting one approach to managing risk
operationally critical threat and vulnerability evaluation

29. CSF
A further development of the business goals into tactical targets and desired results and outcomes
critical success factor
A repository of the key attributes of potential and known IT risk issues. Attributes may include name - description - owner - expected/actual frequency - potential/actual magnitude - potential/actual business impact - disposition.
Any event during which a threat event results in loss. Scope Note: From Jones - J.; 'FAIR Taxonomy -' Risk Management Insight - USA - 2008

30. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
The set of hardware - software and facilities that integrates an enterprise's IT assets. Scope Note: Specifically - the equipment (including servers - routers - switches and cabling) - software - services and products used in storing - processing - t
Carnegie Mellon University
A enterprise to automate and integrate the majority of its planning. System packaged business software system that allows an business processes - share common data and practices across the entire enterprise - and produce and access information in a r
The individual(s) and department(s) responsible for the storage and safeguarding of computerized data

31. IT infrastructure

32. Business impact analysis/assessment (BIA)
Evaluating the criticality and sensitivity of information assets. An exercise that determines the impact of losing the support of any resource to an enterprise - establishes the escalation of that loss over time - identifies the minimum resources nee
The discipline by which an enterprise in any industry assesses - controls - exploits - finances and monitors risk from all sources for the purpose of increasing the enterprise's short- and long-term value to its stakeholders
British Standards Institution
A method/process by which management and staff of all levels collectively identify and evaluate risk and controls with their business areas. This may be under the guidance of a facilitator such as an auditor or risk manager.

33. Information systems (IS)
business process modeling
The business risk associated with the use - ownership - operation - involvement - influence and adoption of IT within an enterprise
The combination of strategic - managerial and operational activities involved in gathering - processing - storing - distributing and using information and its related technologies Scope Note: Information systems are distinct from information technolo
A repository of the key attributes of potential and known IT risk issues. Attributes may include name - description - owner - expected/actual frequency - potential/actual magnitude - potential/actual business impact - disposition.

34. Risk factor
The permission or privileges granted to users - programs or workstations to create - change - delete or view data and files within a system - as defined by rules established by data owners and the information security policy
A condition that can influence the frequency and/or magnitude and - ultimately - the business impact of IT-related events/scenarios
The set of projects owned by a company. Scope Note: It usually includes the main guidelines relative to each project - including objectives - costs - time lines and other information specific to the project.
The phases deployed in the development or acquisition of a software system. Scope Note: SDLC is an approach used to plan - design - develop - test and implement an application system or a major modification to an application system. Typical phases of

35. cusum
commission
cumulative summary. each value is added for a cummulative total.
statistical process control
Description of the fundamental underlying design of the IT components of the business - the relationships among them - and the manner in which they support the enterprise's objectives

36. Fallback procedures
A plan of action or set of procedures to be performed if a system implementation - upgrade or modification does not work as intended Scope Note: May involve restoring the system to its state prior to the implementation or change. Fallback procedures
A group of people integrated at the enterprise with clear lines of reporting and responsibilities for standby support in case of an information systems emergency. This group will act as an efficient corrective control - and should also act as a singl
The permission or privileges granted to users - programs or workstations to create - change - delete or view data and files within a system - as defined by rules established by data owners and the information security policy
1. A process by which frequency and magnitude of IT risk scenarios are estimated. 2. The initial steps of risk management: analyzing the value of assets to the business - identifying threats to those assets and evaluating how vulnerable each asset is

37. IT architecture

38. Business goal

39. Application controls
For the purpose of IT risk management - one of three possible sorts of events: threat event - loss event and vulnerability event. Scope Note: Being able to consistently and effectively differentiate the different types of events that contribute to ri
A description of the overall (identified) IT risk to which the enterprise is exposed
The policies - procedures and activities designed to provide reasonable assurance that objectives relevant to a given automated solution (application) are achieved
1. The risk level or exposure without taking into account the actions that management has taken or might take (e.g. -implementing controls) 2. The risk that a material error could occur - assuming that there are no related internal controls to preven

40. Governance
Ensures that stakeholder needs - conditions and options are evaluated to determine balanced - agreed-on enterprise objectives to be achieved; setting direction through prioritization and decision making; and monitoring performance and compliance agai
An internal control that is used to avoid undesirable events - errors and other occurrences that an enterprise has determined could have a negative material effect on a process or end product
Methodology for Information Systems Risk Analysis and Management
Determined based on the acceptable data loss in case of a disruption of operations. It indicates the earliest point in time that is acceptable to recover the data. The RPO effectively quantifies the permissible amount of data loss in case of interrup

41. Control risk self-assessment
The individual(s) and department(s) responsible for the storage and safeguarding of computerized data
A method/process by which management and staff of all levels collectively identify and evaluate risk and controls with their business areas. This may be under the guidance of a facilitator such as an auditor or risk manager.
Methodology for Information Systems Risk Analysis and Management
Something of either tangible or intangible value that is worth protecting - including people - information - infrastructure - finances and reputation

42. Vulnerability event
British Standards Institution
The current and prospective effect on earnings and capital arising from negative public opinion. Scope Note: Reputation risk affects a bank's ability to establish new relationships or services - or to continue servicing existing relationships. It may
enterprise risk management
Any event during which a material increase in vulnerability results. Note that this increase in vulnerability can result from changes in control conditions or from changes in threat capability/force.

43. BCP
A phase of a system development life cycle (SDLC) methodology that researches the feasibility and adequacy of resources for the development or acquisition of a system solution to a user need
The management of risk through the use of countermeasures and controls
business continuity planning
The ability of a system or network to resist failure or to recover quickly from any disruption - usually with minimal recognizable effect

44. IT risk scenario
The translation of the enterprise's mission from a statement of intention into performance targets and results
1. An instance of IT risk 2. A combination of control - value and threat conditions that impose a noteworthy level of IT risk
The description of an IT-related event that can lead to a business impact IT-related incident An IT-related event that causes an operational - developmental and/or strategic business impact
Failure modes effects analysis

45. RMIS
A metric capable of showing that the enterprise is subject to - or has a high probability of being subject to - a risk that exceeds the defined risk appetite Risk management 1. The coordinated activities to direct and control an enterprise with regar
The individual responsible for identifying process requirements - approving process design and managing process performance. Scope Note: Must be at an appropriately high level in the enterprise and have authority to commit resources to process-specif
risk management information systems
The description of an IT-related event that can lead to a business impact IT-related incident An IT-related event that causes an operational - developmental and/or strategic business impact

46. BPM
The individual(s) and department(s) responsible for the storage and safeguarding of computerized data
Any event during which a threat element/actor acts against an asset in a manner that has the potential to directly result in harm
The amount of time allowed for the recovery of a business function or resource after a disaster occurs
business process modeling

47. IT risk
Any event during which a threat event results in loss. Scope Note: From Jones - J.; 'FAIR Taxonomy -' Risk Management Insight - USA - 2008
A weakness in the design - implementation - operation or internal control of a process that could expose the system to adverse threats from threat events
The business risk associated with the use - ownership - operation - involvement - influence and adoption of IT within an enterprise
The set of projects owned by a company. Scope Note: It usually includes the main guidelines relative to each project - including objectives - costs - time lines and other information specific to the project.

48. COSO
committee of sponsoring organizations
1. Information that proves or disproves a stated issue 2. Information that an auditor gathers in the course of performing an IS audit; relevant if it pertains to the audit objectives and has a logical relationship to the findings and conclusions it i
1. Contains the essential elements of effective processes for one or more disciplines. It also describes an evolutionary improvement path from ad hoc - immature processes to disciplined - mature processes with improved quality and effectiveness. 2. C
1. The risk level or exposure without taking into account the actions that management has taken or might take (e.g. -implementing controls) 2. The risk that a material error could occur - assuming that there are no related internal controls to preven

49. Access control
risk control self assessment
Something of either tangible or intangible value that is worth protecting - including people - information - infrastructure - finances and reputation
A measure of the rate by which events occur over a certain period of time
The processes - rules and deployment mechanisms that control access to information systems - resources and physical access to premises

50. Availability
Ensuring timely and reliable access to and use of information. Balanced scorecard (BSC) Developed by Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton as a coherent set of performance measures organized into four categories that includes traditional financial mea
A description of the overall (identified) IT risk to which the enterprise is exposed
Determined based on the acceptable data loss in case of a disruption of operations. It indicates the earliest point in time that is acceptable to recover the data. The RPO effectively quantifies the permissible amount of data loss in case of interrup
Standards standards published by: ISACA