A network security system, often an appliance, which allows or denies incoming and outgoing traffic according to predetermined rules. #RiskManagement #Infrastructure #SecurityManagement
Abbreviation for Information Security . See Security Management . #RiskManagement #SecurityManagement #ITSM
The process responsible for assessing threats and ensuring the confidentiality and availability of business information. #ITSM #SecurityManagement
A weakness that could be exploited by a threat (e.g., an open firewall port or password that is never changed). A missing control is also considered to be a vulnerability. #SecurityManagement #RiskManagement #Technology
Anything that might exploit vulnerability. Any potential cause of an incident can be considered a threat. For example, a fire is a threat that could exploit the vulnerability of flammable floor coverings. This term is commonly used in information security management and IT service continuity...
The international organization that develops standards and is best known for developing OSI, the Open Systems Interconnection reference model. Also known as the International Organization for Standardization, it is a non-governmental organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with 162 national...
A described set of elements, IT and non-IT, supported by the IT service provider, that fulfills one or more of the customer’s needs, supports the customer’s business objectives, and which the customer perceives as a coherent whole. #OLA #ServiceProvider #SecurityManagement ...
Real-time analysis of alerts generated by monitoring hardware and applications. #SecurityManagement #Monitoring #Analytics
The initial steps of risk management ; involves analyzing the value of assets to the business, identifying threats to those assets, and evaluating how vulnerable each asset is to those threats. #ITSM #ReleaseManagement #SecurityManagement #RiskManagement #BusinessContinuity ...
The process responsible for identifying, assessing, and managing risks. Risk management can be quantitative (based on numerical data) or qualitative.assessments of uncertainty. #ITSM #ReleaseManagement #ITIL #RiskManagement #SecurityManagement #BusinessAlignment #BusinessContinuity