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Loss of financial information
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Every Business Impact should follow this template.
This is a Business Impact. To view all business impact, please see the Business Impact page.
Last revision (mm/dd/yy): 10/23/2008
Description
A business impact is the damage that results from a successful security breach. This should be the highest level impact to the business, not a glorified technical impact.
- Start with a one-sentence description of the business impact
- Describe the damage done to the business - money, loss of life, reputation, loss of customers, compliance, legal exposure
- Is the damage immediate or spread over a time period?
Risk Factors
- Talk about the factors that govern this business impact
- Try to be clear about the factors that make this impact serious
Examples
Short example name
- A short example description, small picture, or sample code with links
Short example name
- A short example description, small picture, or sample code with links
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