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CRISC Information Systems Control

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1. Threat
statistical process control
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)
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
international organization for standards

2. Detective control
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
A probable situation with uncertain frequency and magnitude of loss (or gain)
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.
Exists to detect and report when errors - omissions and unauthorized uses or entries occur

3. IT architecture

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4. Asset
A measure of the potential severity of loss or the potential gain from realized events/scenarios
A further development of the business goals into tactical targets and desired results and outcomes
The process of integrating risk assessments at a corporate level to obtain a complete view on the overall risk for the enterprise
Something of either tangible or intangible value that is worth protecting - including people - information - infrastructure - finances and reputation

5. COSO
expected loss
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
committee of sponsoring organizations
The amount of time allowed for the recovery of a business function or resource after a disaster occurs

6. SIE
Preserving authorized restrictions on access and disclosure - including means for protecting privacy and proprietary information
Software Engineering Institute
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 individual(s) and department(s) responsible for the storage and safeguarding of computerized data

7. BCP
Software Engineering Institute
Failure modes effects analysis
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
business continuity planning

8. Risk tolerance
The process of assigning risk to another enterprise - usually through the purchase of an insurance policy or by outsourcing the service
The acceptable level of variation that management is willing to allow for any particular risk as the enterprise pursues its objectives
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
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. OCTAVE
risk management information systems
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
statistical process control

10. Internal controls
risk control self assessment
The policies - procedures - practices and organizational structures designed to provide reasonable assurance that business
A condition that can influence the frequency and/or magnitude and - ultimately - the business impact of IT-related events/scenarios
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

11. Feasibility study
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
Business Process Reengineering
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 plan used by an enterprise to respond to disruption of critical business processes. Depends on the contingency plan for restoration of critical systems

12. Frequency
Exists to detect and report when errors - omissions and unauthorized uses or entries occur
The business risk associated with the use - ownership - operation - involvement - influence and adoption of IT within an enterprise
international organization for standards
A measure of the rate by which events occur over a certain period of time

13. Fallback procedures
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
British Standards Institution
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
Standards standards published by: ISACA

14. CMU
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
The acceptable level of variation that management is willing to allow for any particular risk as the enterprise pursues its objectives
certified in risk and information systems control

15. Business impact
The net effect - positive or negative - on the achievement of business objectives
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 process of assigning risk to another enterprise - usually through the purchase of an insurance policy or by outsourcing the service
The process for systematically avoiding risk - constituting one approach to managing risk

16. IT risk register
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 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
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.
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

17. System development life cycle (SDLC)
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
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
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)
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

18. BPM
Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology
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 business risk associated with the use - ownership - operation - involvement - influence and adoption of IT within an enterprise
business process modeling

19. Evidence
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. 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 ability of a system or network to resist failure or to recover quickly from any disruption - usually with minimal recognizable effect
A further development of the business goals into tactical targets and desired results and outcomes

20. Risk factor
The management of risk through the use of countermeasures and controls
A plan used by an enterprise to respond to disruption of critical business processes. Depends on the contingency plan for restoration of critical systems
commission
A condition that can influence the frequency and/or magnitude and - ultimately - the business impact of IT-related events/scenarios

21. Risk portfolio view
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
international organization for standards
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
A probable situation with uncertain frequency and magnitude of loss (or gain)

22. Risk culture
1. An instance of IT risk 2. A combination of control - value and threat conditions that impose a noteworthy level of IT risk
risk management framework
critical success factor
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

23. BPR
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
Business Process Reengineering
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 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

24. Enterprise risk management (ERM)

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25. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
A weakness in the design - implementation - operation or internal control of a process that could expose the system to adverse threats from threat events
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.
risk control self assessment
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

26. Recovery time objective
Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology
The ability of a system or network to resist failure or to recover quickly from any disruption - usually with minimal recognizable effect
risk management framework
The amount of time allowed for the recovery of a business function or resource after a disaster occurs

27. Preventive 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
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
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
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

28. Business impact analysis/assessment (BIA)
British Standards Institution
Something that happens at a specific place and/or time
operationally critical threat and vulnerability evaluation
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

29. treadway
international organization for standards
commission
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 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.

30. Key performance indicator (KPI)
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 net effect - positive or negative - on the achievement of business objectives
The remaining risk after management has implemented a risk response
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.

31. RCSA
Something that happens at a specific place and/or time
The individual(s) and department(s) responsible for the storage and safeguarding of computerized data
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
risk control self assessment

32. Risk appetite
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
The amount of risk - on a broad level - that an entity is willing to accept in pursuit of its mission
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
risk control self assessment

33. Loss event

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34. Business case
Carnegie Mellon University
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
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
commission

35. CRISC
operationally critical threat and vulnerability evaluation
certified in risk and information systems 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
commission

36. Computer emergency response team (CERT)
risk management information systems
A weakness in the design - implementation - operation or internal control of a process that could expose the system to adverse threats from threat events
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 net effect - positive or negative - on the achievement of business objectives

37. Impact analysis
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
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
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 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

38. Governance
Failure modes effects analysis
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 ability to exercise judgment - express opinions and present recommendations with impartiality
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

39. Risk map
Business Process Reengineering
A (graphic) tool for ranking and displaying risk by defined ranges for frequency and magnitude
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
British Standards Institution

40. Inherent risk
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
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
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
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

41. Threat analysis
A weakness in the design - implementation - operation or internal control of a process that could expose the system to adverse threats from threat events
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
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
The remaining risk after management has implemented a risk response

42. Vulnerability event
international electrotechnical commission
Guarding against improper information modification or destruction - and includes ensuring information non-repudiation and authenticity
risk management information systems
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. Capability Maturity Model (CMM)
The business risk associated with the use - ownership - operation - involvement - influence and adoption of IT within an enterprise
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
business continuity planning

44. IT risk issue
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
1. An instance of IT risk 2. A combination of control - value and threat conditions that impose a noteworthy level of IT risk
certified in risk and information systems control
A measure of the potential severity of loss or the potential gain from realized events/scenarios

45. Risk indicator
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
commission
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.
A further development of the business goals into tactical targets and desired results and outcomes

46. Vulnerability
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
A weakness in the design - implementation - operation or internal control of a process that could expose the system to adverse threats from threat events
enterprise risk management
risk management framework

47. Application controls
The individual(s) and department(s) responsible for the storage and safeguarding 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.
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 policies - procedures and activities designed to provide reasonable assurance that objectives relevant to a given automated solution (application) are achieved

48. SPC
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
statistical process control
The processes - rules and deployment mechanisms that control access to information systems - resources and physical access to premises
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)

49. Control risk self-assessment
expected loss
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.
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
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

50. Data owner
statistical process control
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 individual(s) - normally a manager or director - who has responsibility for the integrity - accurate reporting and use of computerized data
Something that happens at a specific place and/or time