Risk assessment or analysis --- The risk assessment or analysis is a very broad exercise used in different approaches as can be the security management. A good understanding of the threats or risks that we might face enables us to develop the appropiate mitigation measures to reduce the risks, knowing that "zero risk" doesn't exist. Moreover, it helps us to decide what we want to do according to our risk appetite.

Source author: María Romero Pardo sohi1z1@hotmail.com