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ISACA Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC®) Exam Guide

You're reading from   ISACA Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC®) Exam Guide A primer on GRC and an exam guide for the most recent and rigorous IT risk certification

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803236902
Length 316 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Shobhit Mehta Shobhit Mehta
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Table of Contents (28) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Governance, Risk, and Compliance and CRISC
2. Chapter 1: Governance, Risk, and Compliance FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: CRISC Practice Areas and the ISACA Mindset 4. Part 2: Organizational Governance, Three Lines of Defense, and Ethical Risk Management
5. Chapter 3: Organizational Governance, Policies, and Risk Management 6. Chapter 4: The Three Lines of Defense and Cybersecurity 7. Chapter 5: Legal Requirements and the Ethics of Risk Management 8. Part 3: IT Risk Assessment, Threat Management, and Risk Analysis
9. Chapter 6: Risk Management Life Cycle 10. Chapter 7: Threat, Vulnerability, and Risk 11. Chapter 8: Risk Assessment Concepts, Standards, and Frameworks 12. Chapter 9: Business Impact Analysis, and Inherent and Residual Risk 13. Part 4: Risk Response, Reporting, Monitoring, and Ownership
14. Chapter 10: Risk Response and Control Ownership 15. Chapter 11: Third-Party Risk Management 16. Chapter 12: Control Design and Implementation 17. Chapter 13: Log Aggregation, Risk and Control Monitoring, and Reporting 18. Part 5: Information Technology, Security, and Privacy
19. Chapter 14: Enterprise Architecture and Information Technology 20. Chapter 15: Enterprise Resiliency and Data Life Cycle Management 21. Chapter 16: The System Development Life Cycle and Emerging Technologies 22. Chapter 17: Information Security and Privacy Principles 23. Part 6: Practice Quizzes
24. Chapter 18: Practice Quiz – Part 1
25. Chapter 19: Practice Quiz – Part 2
26. Index 27. Other Books You May Enjoy

Risk appetite and business objectives

The risk appetite of an organization should be agreed upon with the relevant stakeholders. It is important to align risk appetite with the objectives of the business to ensure that high-risk areas providing more value to the business are getting more resources than low-risk, low-reward processes.

The best way to align risk appetite with the business objectives is to translate it into a number of standards and policies to contain the risk level within the boundaries set by the risk appetite. With changing business conditions, these boundaries need to be regularly adjusted or confirmed.

Risk acceptance

Risk appetite and tolerance need to be defined, approved, and clearly communicated by the senior management with a process in place to review and approve any exceptions. These exceptions are formally documented in the form of risk acceptance.

As important as it might be to keep the risk levels within acceptable thresholds, there might be...

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