IT Risk Analysis Templates free download

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Risk 1: Data corruption through loss or alteration of data without the application’s knowledge and consent
Source:
1. Faulty hardware (bit loss or incorrect ordering)
2. Software bugs (unexpected conditions reached and responded to incorrectly)
3. User or IT administrator error (accidental file deletion)

Risk 2: Downtime and/or data corruption through application errors
Source:
1. Faulty application version (introducing new software without sufficient testing)
2. New system interfaces (semantic interpretation errors)
3. Database errors (out-of-order transaction commits, accidental deletion of rows, dropped tables, etc.)

Risk 3: Data corruption through willful action
Source:
1. Externally, from viruses and worms
2. Internally, from deliberate tampering

Risk 4: Downtime through unintended human error
Source:
1. Storage system configuration error
2. Allowing out-of-space conditions to occur