{"id":13830,"date":"2026-01-27T05:05:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T10:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cyber-glossary\/network-access-control-duplicate-13824\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T06:36:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T11:36:56","slug":"security-risk-management","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/www.netwitness.com\/it\/cyber-glossary\/security-risk-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Security Risk Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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What is Security Risk Management?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Security risk management\u00a0is the structured practice of identifying, assessing, prioritizing, and mitigating risks that could compromise an organization\u2019s systems, data, applications, and operations. It sits at the intersection of cybersecurity, information security, and enterprise risk management, helping organizations make informed decisions about where to invest time, budget, and controls.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

At its core, security risk management is about reducing uncertainty. Not eliminating risk entirely, that\u2019s fantasy. Instead, it\u2019s about understanding what could go wrong, how bad it could get, and what to do about it before attackers force your hand.<\/span><\/p>

Security risk management is the ongoing process of protecting an organization\u2019s digital and physical assets by evaluating threats, vulnerabilities, and potential business impacts. It applies across IT security risk management, application security risk management, cloud security risk management, and broader enterprise security risk management programs.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

This discipline combines\u00a0risk assessment,\u00a0risk monitoring, and clearly defined response strategies to manage cyber security risk in a measurable, repeatable way. Rather than reacting to incidents after damage is done, security risk management focuses on prevention, prioritization, and resilience.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Modern organizations rely on security risk management software and services to support these efforts, especially as environments grow more complex across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem systems.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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