Threat Assessment and Risk Analysis

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Risk Identification

Gregory Allen

Abstract

The objective of risk identification is the early and continuous identification of events that, if they occur, will have negative impacts on the project’s ability to achieve performance or capability outcome goals. This chapter outlines how risk identification needs to match the type of assessment required to support risk-informed decision making. For an acquisition program, the first step is to identify the program goals and objectives, thus fostering a common understanding across the team of what is needed for program success. This gives context and bounds the scope by which risks are identified and assessed. As we move forward, we then must look at risk management and how it gives us the process ...