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CRISC Information Systems Control

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1. BPM
Business Process Reengineering
business process modeling
Preserving authorized restrictions on access and disclosure - including means for protecting privacy and proprietary information
A measure of the potential severity of loss or the potential gain from realized events/scenarios

2. Capability
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
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
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.
Business Process Reengineering

3. Risk transfer
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
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
The process of assigning risk to another enterprise - usually through the purchase of an insurance policy or by outsourcing the service
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

4. Threat analysis
Any event during which a threat element/actor acts against an asset in a manner that has the potential to directly result in harm
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
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
business process modeling

5. Business continuity plan (BCP)
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
Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology
Something that happens at a specific place and/or time
A plan used by an enterprise to respond to disruption of critical business processes. Depends on the contingency plan for restoration of critical systems

6. Integrity
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
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
Guarding against improper information modification or destruction - and includes ensuring information non-repudiation and authenticity
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

7. SPC
statistical process control
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
Carnegie Mellon University
certified in risk and information systems control

8. IT risk scenario
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
The business risk associated with the use - ownership - operation - involvement - influence and adoption of IT within an enterprise
A condition that can influence the frequency and/or magnitude and - ultimately - the business impact of IT-related events/scenarios

9. Governance
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
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
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 process of integrating risk assessments at a corporate level to obtain a complete view on the overall risk for the enterprise

10. Impact analysis
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
statistical process control
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 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

11. Access rights
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
Something of either tangible or intangible value that is worth protecting - including people - information - infrastructure - finances and reputation
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

12. standards publisher of IT Audit and Assurance
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
operationally critical threat and vulnerability evaluation
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
Standards standards published by: ISACA

13. Project portfolio
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
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
1. The act of verifying identity (i.e. - user - system) Scope Note: Risk: Can also refer to the verification of the correctness of a piece of data 2. The act of verifying the identity of a user and the user's eligibility to access computerized inform
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.

14. IT risk issue
Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology
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
The ability to exercise judgment - express opinions and present recommendations with impartiality
1. An instance of IT risk 2. A combination of control - value and threat conditions that impose a noteworthy level of IT risk

15. Frequency
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
A measure of the rate by which events occur over a certain period of time
British Standards Institution

16. Event
Methodology for Information Systems Risk Analysis and Management
Something that happens at a specific place and/or time
international electrotechnical commission
Business Process Reengineering

17. IT risk register
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 process of integrating risk assessments at a corporate level to obtain a complete view on the overall risk for the enterprise
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.

18. Risk map
A (graphic) tool for ranking and displaying risk by defined ranges for frequency and magnitude
The process of integrating risk assessments at a corporate level to obtain a complete view on the overall risk for the enterprise
The process for systematically avoiding risk - constituting one approach to managing risk
Standards standards published by: ISACA

19. Key risk indicator (KRI)
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
The management of risk through the use of countermeasures and controls
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.
A condition that can influence the frequency and/or magnitude and - ultimately - the business impact of IT-related events/scenarios

20. Inherent risk
international electrotechnical commission
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 amount of risk - on a broad level - that an entity is willing to accept in pursuit of its mission
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

21. Data owner
The process for systematically avoiding risk - constituting one approach to managing risk
The individual(s) - normally a manager or director - who has responsibility for the integrity - accurate reporting and use of computerized data
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
Methodology for Information Systems Risk Analysis and Management

22. Reputation risk

23. Application controls
risk management information systems
The ability of a system or network to resist failure or to recover quickly from any disruption - usually with minimal recognizable effect
Business Process Reengineering
The policies - procedures and activities designed to provide reasonable assurance that objectives relevant to a given automated solution (application) are achieved

24. Risk avoidance
The process for systematically avoiding risk - constituting one approach to managing risk
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 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
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

25. Capability Maturity Model (CMM)
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
Any event during which a threat event results in loss. Scope Note: From Jones - J.; 'FAIR Taxonomy -' Risk Management Insight - USA - 2008
The individual(s) and department(s) responsible for the storage and safeguarding of computerized data
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

26. treadway
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 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
A (graphic) tool for ranking and displaying risk by defined ranges for frequency and magnitude
commission

27. COBIT
Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology
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
Something of either tangible or intangible value that is worth protecting - including people - information - infrastructure - finances and reputation
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

28. OCTAVE
operationally critical threat and vulnerability evaluation
The translation of the enterprise's mission from a statement of intention into performance targets and results
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
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

29. Loss event

30. CMU
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)
Carnegie Mellon University
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
enterprise risk management

31. Computer emergency response team (CERT)
A (graphic) tool for ranking and displaying risk by defined ranges for frequency and magnitude
Something that happens at a specific place and/or time
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 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

32. Residual risk
international organization for standards
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 remaining risk after management has implemented a risk response
Software Engineering Institute

33. MAGERIT
The net effect - positive or negative - on the achievement of business objectives
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 condition that can influence the frequency and/or magnitude and - ultimately - the business impact of IT-related events/scenarios
Methodology for Information Systems Risk Analysis and Management

34. Information systems (IS)
Failure modes effects analysis
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
The process of assigning risk to another enterprise - usually through the purchase of an insurance policy or by outsourcing the service
statistical process control

35. CSF
A weakness in the design - implementation - operation or internal control of a process that could expose the system to adverse threats from threat events
risk management framework
risk control self assessment
critical success factor

36. Risk analysis
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 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
The ability to exercise judgment - express opinions and present recommendations with impartiality
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

37. IEC
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 process of assigning risk to another enterprise - usually through the purchase of an insurance policy or by outsourcing the service
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
international electrotechnical commission

38. Business impact
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
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 net effect - positive or negative - on the achievement of business objectives
A condition that can influence the frequency and/or magnitude and - ultimately - the business impact of IT-related events/scenarios

39. Business impact analysis/assessment (BIA)
Standards standards published by: ISACA
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
1. An instance of IT risk 2. A combination of control - value and threat conditions that impose a noteworthy level of IT risk
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

40. ISO
statistical process control
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
international organization for standards
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

41. Preventive control
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
business continuity planning
commission
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

42. Data custodian
Business Process Reengineering
A plan used by an enterprise to respond to disruption of critical business processes. Depends on the contingency plan for restoration of critical systems
Failure modes effects analysis
The individual(s) and department(s) responsible for the storage and safeguarding of computerized data

43. cusum
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
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
cumulative summary. each value is added for a cummulative total.

44. SIE
A measure of the potential severity of loss or the potential gain from realized events/scenarios
Software Engineering Institute
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

45. 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
The process for systematically avoiding risk - constituting one approach to managing risk
Any event during which a threat event results in loss. Scope Note: From Jones - J.; 'FAIR Taxonomy -' Risk Management Insight - USA - 2008
A condition that can influence the frequency and/or magnitude and - ultimately - the business impact of IT-related events/scenarios

46. BPR
A probable situation with uncertain frequency and magnitude of loss (or gain)
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
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
Business Process Reengineering

47. RMIS
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
A further development of the business goals into tactical targets and desired results and outcomes
risk management information systems
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

48. BSI
British Standards Institution
statistical process control
Software Engineering Institute
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

49. Access control
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 policies - procedures - practices and organizational structures designed to provide reasonable assurance that business
The processes - rules and deployment mechanisms that control access to information systems - resources and physical access to premises
statistical process control

50. Business goal