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Technical Impact template

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Every Technical Impact should follow this template.

This is a Technical Impact. To view all business impact, please see the Technical Impact page.


Last revision (mm/dd/yy): 05/2/2008

Description

A technical impact is the system damage that results from a successful security breach. This is just the effect on the technology, not the business.

  1. Start with a one-sentence description of the technical impact
  2. Describe the technical damage done to the system
  3. Note the security interest that is damaged - confidentiality, integrity, availability, accountability
  4. Is the damage immediate or spread over a time period?


Risk Factors

  • Talk about the factors that govern this technical impact
  • Try to be clear about the factors that make this impact serious


Examples

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