312-50V9 · Question #451
Which of the following lists are valid data-gathering activities associated with a risk assessment?
The correct answer is A. Threat identification, vulnerability identification, control analysis. A risk assessment's data-gathering phase standardly includes identifying threats, identifying vulnerabilities, and analyzing existing controls - as defined by NIST SP 800-30.
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Which of the following lists are valid data-gathering activities associated with a risk assessment?
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- AThreat identification, vulnerability identification, control analysis
- BThreat identification, response identification, mitigation identification
- CAttack profile, defense profile, loss profile
- DSystem profile, vulnerability identification, security determination
How the community answered
(42 responses)- A88% (37)
- B2% (1)
- C7% (3)
- D2% (1)
Why each option
A risk assessment's data-gathering phase standardly includes identifying threats, identifying vulnerabilities, and analyzing existing controls - as defined by NIST SP 800-30.
Threat identification, vulnerability identification, and control analysis are the three core data-gathering steps outlined in NIST SP 800-30. Threat identification determines what can go wrong, vulnerability identification finds weaknesses that threats can exploit, and control analysis evaluates existing safeguards to determine their adequacy.
Response identification and mitigation identification are activities associated with risk response planning, not the initial data-gathering phase of a risk assessment.
Attack profile, defense profile, and loss profile are not standard NIST or ISO risk assessment data-gathering categories.
While system profiling and vulnerability identification are valid steps, 'security determination' is not a defined data-gathering activity; it conflates analysis with the later risk determination phase.
Concept tested: NIST SP 800-30 risk assessment data-gathering steps
Source: https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-30/rev-1/final
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