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Risk Reduction

What is Risk Reduction?

Actions taken to decrease the probability or impact of a risk event through the implementation of controls and other mitigation measures.

Risk Management

What the standards actually require on risk reduction

Requirements naming risk reduction across 3 standards, quoted from the control text.

MITRE ATT&CK1 control

Apply ATT&CK Mitigations (M-IDs) for prevention and risk reduction. M1015 Active Directory Configuration + M1018 User Account Management + M1027 Password Policies + M1056 Account Use Policies + M1017 User Training + M1036 Account Use Policies + M1042 Disable o...

MITRE-ATTACK-Mitigations-M-IDs-Active-Directory-User-Account-Management-Password-Policies-Network-Segmentation · MITRE ATT&CK Mitigations + M-IDs + Active Directory + User Account + Password + Network Segmentation + Application Control

Analyses output from defensive tooling and turns it into risk reduction rather than an alert backlog.

NICE-PD-WRL-001 · Defensive Cybersecurity

Execute the Monitor step per NIST SP 800-39 Chapter 3 Section 3.4. Risk monitoring must address (a) effectiveness of risk responses (are implemented controls and other responses achieving intended risk reduction), (b) changes to information systems and operati...

NISTSP39-5 · Risk Monitoring: Effectiveness, Changes, Compliance, and Reassessment Triggers

Questions people ask about risk reduction

What is Risk Reduction?
Actions taken to decrease the probability or impact of a risk event through the implementation of controls and other mitigation measures.
Why is Risk Reduction important for compliance?
Risk Reduction is a key concept in Risk Management. Understanding risk reduction 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 Reduction?
Risk Reduction appears in the requirement text of MITRE ATT&CK, NIST SP 800-181, NIST SP 800-39. Across these standards we have identified 3 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Risk Reduction?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how risk reduction 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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