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Governance, Risk, Audit & Privacy · Intermediate

NIST SP 800-30

NIST guide for conducting information security risk assessments for federal systems and organizations.

Definition

SP 800-30 Rev. 1 describes the risk assessment process: prepare, conduct (identify threat sources and events, vulnerabilities, likelihood, impact, and determine risk), communicate results, and maintain. It provides tables for threat sources and qualitative scales. It supports the RMF and SP 800-39.

Example

An agency uses SP 800-30 tables to rate adversarial threat capability and intent.

Exam tip

SP 800-30 is about assessments; SP 800-39 covers the multi-tier risk management process.

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