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Risk-Based Security

What is Risk-Based Security?

An approach to security that prioritizes investments and efforts based on the level of risk to the organization rather than applying uniform controls.

Risk Management

Frameworks that govern risk-based security

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0View framework →ISO 27001:2022View framework →

What the standards actually require on risk-based security

Requirements naming risk-based security across 2 standards, quoted from the control text.

Jamaica Data Protection Act 20201 control

Standard 7 per Section 35 + the Schedule of the Jamaica Data Protection Act 2020: Personal data shall be processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security including protection against unauthorised or unlawful processing + accidental loss + destruction or...

JM-DPA2020-Standard7-Security-Sec35-Appropriate-Technical-Organisational-Confidentiality-Integrity-Availability-Resilience · Jamaica DPA 2020 Standard 7 - Security + Section 35 + Appropriate Technical and Organisational Measures + Confidentiality + Integrity + Availability + Resilience + Encryption + Pseudonymisation + Risk-Based Security →
C5 (Germany)1 control

Separate trusted from untrusted networks into risk-based security zones, configure physical and virtual networks to restrict and monitor those connections, reassess that design at least annually, and periodically re-justify every service, port and protocol in...

C5-COS-03 · Monitoring of connections in the Cloud Service Provider's network →

Questions people ask about risk-based security

What is Risk-Based Security?
An approach to security that prioritizes investments and efforts based on the level of risk to the organization rather than applying uniform controls.
Why is Risk-Based Security important for compliance?
Risk-Based Security is a key concept in Risk Management. Understanding risk-based security helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Risk-Based Security?
Risk-Based Security appears in the requirement text of Jamaica Data Protection Act 2020, C5 (Germany). Across these standards we have identified 2 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Risk-Based Security?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how risk-based security applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.