The senior official having the authority and responsibility for all intelligence systems within an agency. Processing The state that exists when information is being accessed or acted-upon by one or more steps proceeding in a predetermined sequence or method. An indication of the implicit level of trust that is placed in a system's technical capabilities. The expected loss from a given attack or incident. The total risk of operating a system is assessed as a combination of the risks associated with all possible threat scenarios.
Risk is reduced by countermeasures.
An act or circumstance in which there is a deviation from the requirements of the governing security regulations.