Risk Assessment Method: Step 3

<h2>Risk Assessment Method: Step 3</h2>

<p>Impact Assessment</p>

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<p>Once the business requirements and the threats are stated, the next step is to assess what would be&nbsp;the business impact that would result from each threat materialising. This is fi rst stated descriptively&nbsp;(see on page 206 column 6 of Table 9-8) and then rated on a simple qualitative scale (see column 7):</p>

<p style="padding-left: 30px;">H - High impact: could potentially dogreat damage to the business</p>

<p style="padding-left: 30px;">M - Medium impact: could do significant damage to business</p>

<p style="padding-left: 30px;">L - Low impact: could do only minimal damage to the business</p>