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CRISC Information Systems Control

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1. Data owner
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
The individual(s) - normally a manager or director - who has responsibility for the integrity - accurate reporting and use of computerized data
The management of risk through the use of countermeasures and controls
cumulative summary. each value is added for a cummulative total.

2. Frequency
A measure of the rate by which events occur over a certain period of time
The process of integrating risk assessments at a corporate level to obtain a complete view on the overall risk for the enterprise
The amount of time allowed for the recovery of a business function or resource after a disaster occurs
A (graphic) tool for ranking and displaying risk by defined ranges for frequency and magnitude

3. Business impact analysis/assessment (BIA)
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.
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
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
Software Engineering Institute

4. ISO
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 description of the overall (identified) IT risk to which the enterprise is exposed
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
international organization for standards

5. 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
The ability to exercise judgment - express opinions and present recommendations with impartiality
operationally critical threat and vulnerability evaluation
The acceptable level of variation that management is willing to allow for any particular risk as the enterprise pursues its objectives

6. Loss event

7. BPM
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
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
business process modeling

8. COSO
Methodology for Information Systems Risk Analysis and Management
A condition that can influence the frequency and/or magnitude and - ultimately - the business impact of IT-related events/scenarios
committee of sponsoring organizations
critical success factor

9. Fallback procedures
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
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
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

10. CSF
critical success factor
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
business continuity planning
Software Engineering Institute

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

12. 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
Any event during which a threat event results in loss. Scope Note: From Jones - J.; 'FAIR Taxonomy -' Risk Management Insight - USA - 2008
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. 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

13. Vulnerability event
Software Engineering Institute
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 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.
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)

14. IT risk
certified in risk and information systems control
The acceptable level of variation that management is willing to allow for any particular risk as the enterprise pursues its objectives
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 business risk associated with the use - ownership - operation - involvement - influence and adoption of IT within an enterprise

15. Risk transfer
The process of assigning risk to another enterprise - usually through the purchase of an insurance policy or by outsourcing the service
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 control self assessment
A (graphic) tool for ranking and displaying risk by defined ranges for frequency and magnitude

16. RMF
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.
statistical process control
The individual(s) - normally a manager or director - who has responsibility for the integrity - accurate reporting and use of computerized data
risk management framework

17. 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
The process for systematically avoiding risk - constituting one approach to managing risk
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.
business process modeling

18. Disaster recovery plan (DRP)
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 set of human - physical - technical and procedural resources to recover - within a defined time and cost - an activity interrupted by an emergency or disaster
Business Process Reengineering
risk control self assessment

19. Authentication

20. Preventive control
risk management information systems
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
enterprise risk management
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

21. Objectivity
The ability to exercise judgment - express opinions and present recommendations with impartiality
expected loss
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
The individual(s) - normally a manager or director - who has responsibility for the integrity - accurate reporting and use of computerized data

22. Threat analysis
The management of risk through the use of countermeasures and controls
A measure of the potential severity of loss or the potential gain from realized events/scenarios
The processes - rules and deployment mechanisms that control access to information systems - resources and physical access to premises
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

23. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
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 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 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
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

24. Integrity
A plan used by an enterprise to respond to disruption of critical business processes. Depends on the contingency plan for restoration of critical systems
British Standards Institution
Guarding against improper information modification or destruction - and includes ensuring information non-repudiation and authenticity
Something that happens at a specific place and/or time

25. Project portfolio
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.
Standards standards published by: ISACA
A (graphic) tool for ranking and displaying risk by defined ranges for frequency and magnitude
The net effect - positive or negative - on the achievement of business objectives

26. COBIT
Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology
critical success factor
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
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

27. Feasibility study
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 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
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
enterprise risk management

28. SIE
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
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
The business risk associated with the use - ownership - operation - involvement - influence and adoption of IT within an enterprise

29. Internal controls
The policies - procedures - practices and organizational structures designed to provide reasonable assurance that business
The policies - procedures and activities designed to provide reasonable assurance that objectives relevant to a given automated solution (application) are achieved
A further development of the business goals into tactical targets and desired results and outcomes
The ability of a system or network to resist failure or to recover quickly from any disruption - usually with minimal recognizable effect

30. Inherent risk
The ability to exercise judgment - express opinions and present recommendations with impartiality
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 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. 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

31. cusum
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 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
cumulative summary. each value is added for a cummulative total.
business continuity planning

32. EL
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
expected loss
Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology
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

33. Business case
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
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 plan used by an enterprise to respond to disruption of critical business processes. Depends on the contingency plan for restoration of critical 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

34. IT risk issue
international organization for standards
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
1. An instance of IT risk 2. A combination of control - value and threat conditions that impose a noteworthy level of IT risk
expected loss

35. Capability Maturity Model (CMM)
The amount of risk - on a broad level - that an entity is willing to accept in pursuit of its mission
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.
expected loss
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

36. IT risk profile
A description of the overall (identified) IT risk to which the enterprise is exposed
A plan used by an enterprise to respond to disruption of critical business processes. Depends on the contingency plan for restoration of critical systems
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 amount of risk - on a broad level - that an entity is willing to accept in pursuit of its mission

37. Evidence
The net effect - positive or negative - on the achievement of business objectives
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 amount of risk - on a broad level - that an entity is willing to accept in pursuit of its mission
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

38. Governance
The individual(s) and department(s) responsible for the storage and safeguarding of computerized data
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
risk management information systems
cumulative summary. each value is added for a cummulative total.

39. RMIS
risk management information systems
certified in risk and information systems control
The management of risk through the use of countermeasures and controls
A description of the overall (identified) IT risk to which the enterprise is exposed

40. Risk tolerance
The individual(s) and department(s) responsible for the storage and safeguarding of computerized data
The acceptable level of variation that management is willing to allow for any particular risk as the enterprise pursues its objectives
Guarding against improper information modification or destruction - and includes ensuring information non-repudiation and authenticity
business continuity planning

41. Risk aggregation
The process of integrating risk assessments at a corporate level to obtain a complete view on the overall risk for the enterprise
The translation of the enterprise's mission from a statement of intention into performance targets and results
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

42. IT infrastructure

43. Access rights
The process of assigning risk to another enterprise - usually through the purchase of an insurance policy or by outsourcing the service
enterprise risk management
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
international electrotechnical commission

44. Resilience
Guarding against improper information modification or destruction - and includes ensuring information non-repudiation and authenticity
The ability of a system or network to resist failure or to recover quickly from any disruption - usually with minimal recognizable effect
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 process of assigning risk to another enterprise - usually through the purchase of an insurance policy or by outsourcing the service

45. Risk appetite
The processes - rules and deployment mechanisms that control access to information systems - resources and physical access to premises
risk management information systems
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 amount of risk - on a broad level - that an entity is willing to accept in pursuit of its mission

46. Business objective
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 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
The processes - rules and deployment mechanisms that control access to information systems - resources and physical access to premises

47. System development life cycle (SDLC)
The ability to exercise judgment - express opinions and present recommendations with impartiality
A probable situation with uncertain frequency and magnitude of loss (or gain)
Preserving authorized restrictions on access and disclosure - including means for protecting privacy and proprietary information
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

48. Key risk indicator (KRI)
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
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
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 measure of the rate by which events occur over a certain period of time

49. Reputation risk

50. Data custodian
The individual(s) and department(s) responsible for the storage and safeguarding of computerized data
business process modeling
A (graphic) tool for ranking and displaying risk by defined ranges for frequency and magnitude
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