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CRISC Information Systems Control

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1. Business goal

2. Business case
The business risk associated with the use - ownership - operation - involvement - influence and adoption of IT within an enterprise
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
Documentation of the rationale for making a business investment - used both to support a business decision on whether to proceed with the investment and as an operational tool to support management of the investment through its full economic life cyc
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

3. CRISC
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
Documentation of the rationale for making a business investment - used both to support a business decision on whether to proceed with the investment and as an operational tool to support management of the investment through its full economic life cyc
The individual(s) - normally a manager or director - who has responsibility for the integrity - accurate reporting and use of computerized data
certified in risk and information systems control

4. Evidence
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
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
risk management information systems
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

5. OCTAVE
Documentation of the rationale for making a business investment - used both to support a business decision on whether to proceed with the investment and as an operational tool to support management of the investment through its full economic life cyc
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
Failure modes effects analysis

6. Risk analysis
Carnegie Mellon University
The ability to exercise judgment - express opinions and present recommendations with impartiality
Guarding against improper information modification or destruction - and includes ensuring information non-repudiation and authenticity
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

7. Enterprise risk management (ERM)

8. Governance
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
business continuity planning
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
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

9. ISO
international organization for standards
risk control self assessment
British Standards Institution
Any event during which a threat event results in loss. Scope Note: From Jones - J.; 'FAIR Taxonomy -' Risk Management Insight - USA - 2008

10. CMU
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
A (graphic) tool for ranking and displaying risk by defined ranges for frequency and magnitude
Carnegie Mellon University
The process of assigning risk to another enterprise - usually through the purchase of an insurance policy or by outsourcing the service

11. SIE
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.
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
Software Engineering Institute
business continuity planning

12. Computer emergency response team (CERT)
Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology
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
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 translation of the enterprise's mission from a statement of intention into performance targets and results

13. Key risk indicator (KRI)
A (graphic) tool for ranking and displaying risk by defined ranges for frequency and magnitude
critical success factor
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.
1. A method to identify interdependencies and interconnections among risk - as well as the effect of risk responses on multiple types of risk 2. A method to estimate the aggregate impact of multiple types of risk (e.g. - cascading and coincidental th

14. Integrity
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
The remaining risk after management has implemented a risk response
A weakness in the design - implementation - operation or internal control of a process that could expose the system to adverse threats from threat events
Guarding against improper information modification or destruction - and includes ensuring information non-repudiation and authenticity

15. Fallback procedures
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
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
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 weakness in the design - implementation - operation or internal control of a process that could expose the system to adverse threats from threat events

16. Asset
The business risk associated with the use - ownership - operation - involvement - influence and adoption of IT within an enterprise
international organization for standards
The amount of risk - on a broad level - that an entity is willing to accept in pursuit of its mission
Something of either tangible or intangible value that is worth protecting - including people - information - infrastructure - finances and reputation

17. Data custodian
The processes - rules and deployment mechanisms that control access to information systems - resources and physical access to premises
The individual(s) and department(s) responsible for the storage and safeguarding of computerized data
Failure modes effects analysis
Guarding against improper information modification or destruction - and includes ensuring information non-repudiation and authenticity

18. Recovery point objective (RPO)
cumulative summary. each value is added for a cummulative total.
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
committee of sponsoring organizations
Preserving authorized restrictions on access and disclosure - including means for protecting privacy and proprietary information

19. Risk culture
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
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.
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 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

20. Data owner
The individual(s) - normally a manager or director - who has responsibility for the integrity - accurate reporting and use of computerized data
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.
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
Standards standards published by: ISACA

21. Objectivity
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
The ability to exercise judgment - express opinions and present recommendations with impartiality
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 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

22. System development life cycle (SDLC)
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
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 translation of the enterprise's mission from a statement of intention into performance targets and results
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

23. IT architecture

24. Risk transfer
Software Engineering Institute
international electrotechnical commission
The process of assigning risk to another enterprise - usually through the purchase of an insurance policy or by outsourcing the service
A condition that can influence the frequency and/or magnitude and - ultimately - the business impact of IT-related events/scenarios

25. 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
A condition that can influence the frequency and/or magnitude and - ultimately - the business impact of IT-related events/scenarios
Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology

26. Frequency
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
Preserving authorized restrictions on access and disclosure - including means for protecting privacy and proprietary information
A measure of the rate by which events occur over a certain period of time
The business risk associated with the use - ownership - operation - involvement - influence and adoption of IT within an enterprise

27. MAGERIT
international organization for standards
Methodology for Information Systems Risk Analysis and Management
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 management of risk through the use of countermeasures and controls

28. Risk mitigation
Standards standards published by: ISACA
Failure modes effects analysis
The management of risk through the use of countermeasures and controls
The process for systematically avoiding risk - constituting one approach to managing risk

29. Capability
The business risk associated with the use - ownership - operation - involvement - influence and adoption of IT within an enterprise
The net effect - positive or negative - on the achievement of business objectives
A weakness in the design - implementation - operation or internal control of a process that could expose the system to adverse threats from threat events
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

30. Access rights
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
The processes - rules and deployment mechanisms that control access to information systems - resources and physical access to premises
The individual(s) and department(s) responsible for the storage and safeguarding of computerized data
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

31. COSO
The policies - procedures - practices and organizational structures designed to provide reasonable assurance that business
The process of assigning risk to another enterprise - usually through the purchase of an insurance policy or by outsourcing the service
enterprise risk management
committee of sponsoring organizations

32. IT infrastructure

33. Threat analysis
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
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 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
enterprise risk management

34. Key performance indicator (KPI)
Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology
The ability to exercise judgment - express opinions and present recommendations with impartiality
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
A measure that determines how well the process is performing in enabling the goal to be reached. Scope Note: A lead indicator of whether a goal will likely be reached - and a good indicator of capabilities - practices and skills. It measures an activ

35. Reputation risk

36. Risk avoidance
The process of integrating risk assessments at a corporate level to obtain a complete view on the overall risk for the enterprise
cumulative summary. each value is added for a cummulative total.
The process for systematically avoiding risk - constituting one approach to managing risk
The process of assigning risk to another enterprise - usually through the purchase of an insurance policy or by outsourcing the service

37. Resilience
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
A description of the overall (identified) IT risk to which the enterprise is exposed
Methodology for Information Systems Risk Analysis and Management
The ability of a system or network to resist failure or to recover quickly from any disruption - usually with minimal recognizable effect

38. Threat
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)
The ability to exercise judgment - express opinions and present recommendations with impartiality
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
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

39. RMIS
Carnegie Mellon University
risk management information systems
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
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)

40. cusum
commission
The acceptable level of variation that management is willing to allow for any particular risk as the enterprise pursues its objectives
cumulative summary. each value is added for a cummulative total.
Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology

41. Project portfolio
A measure that determines how well the process is performing in enabling the goal to be reached. Scope Note: A lead indicator of whether a goal will likely be reached - and a good indicator of capabilities - practices and skills. It measures an activ
The process of integrating risk assessments at a corporate level to obtain a complete view on the overall risk for the 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.
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

42. Business continuity plan (BCP)
A plan used by an enterprise to respond to disruption of critical business processes. Depends on the contingency plan for restoration of critical systems
business continuity planning
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
The amount of risk - on a broad level - that an entity is willing to accept in pursuit of its mission

43. EL
expected loss
The net effect - positive or negative - on the achievement of business objectives
1. A method to identify interdependencies and interconnections among risk - as well as the effect of risk responses on multiple types of risk 2. A method to estimate the aggregate impact of multiple types of risk (e.g. - cascading and coincidental th
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)

44. Risk aggregation
The process of integrating risk assessments at a corporate level to obtain a complete view on the overall risk for the enterprise
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.
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
A measure that determines how well the process is performing in enabling the goal to be reached. Scope Note: A lead indicator of whether a goal will likely be reached - and a good indicator of capabilities - practices and skills. It measures an activ

45. Event
Something that happens at a specific place and/or time
A further development of the business goals into tactical targets and desired results and outcomes
Software Engineering Institute
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

46. CSF
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.
Software Engineering Institute
critical success factor
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

47. ERM
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
Standards standards published by: ISACA
enterprise risk management
A (graphic) tool for ranking and displaying risk by defined ranges for frequency and magnitude

48. IT risk register
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
Methodology for Information Systems Risk Analysis and Management
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 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.

49. Business risk
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
Something that happens at a specific place and/or time
A probable situation with uncertain frequency and magnitude of loss (or gain)
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

50. Authentication