Risk assessment — BCS Practitioner Certificate in Information Risk Management

The official BCS documentation our Risk assessment practice questions are cited to. Review the primary sources, then practise.

Official references for this objective

Bcs — Risk assessment frames of reference | BCS

Likelihood should preferably be expressed on a linear scale (as defined by de Moivre), e.g. zero to 100%, representing probability at the point of assessment.
Bcs — Cyber risk assessment in a post-IS1 world | BCS

the focus from purely examining the information aspects of a capability to also fully considering the mission or business impact
Bcs — Data loss - liability, reputation and mitigation of risk | BCS

It is ultimately the data controller's responsibility to ensure that its suppliers treat data carefully
Bcs — Information security is not risk management | BCS

spend up to £1,000 to eliminate this exposure if the chances of the compromise are 10 per cent, but spend no more than £1 to
Bcs — Risk assessment | BCS

The underlying risks are the usual CIA ones, plus compliance, which is often forgotten, but may be the biggest risk of all
Bcs — Hybrid event: Navigating information security risk methodologies - IRMA SG | BCS

including IRAM2, CIS RAM, NIST SP 800-30/37, ISO 27005, FAIR and OCTAVE