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Assignment: Risk Mitigation Plan

The purpose of a risk-mitigation plan is to define and document procedures and processes to establish a baseline for ongoing mitigation of risks in the IT infrastructure. A baseline is an established measure-a way to state the system or network is working at a certain level so that if you institute a change or a change occurs, there is a way to measure that change. Baselines also offer insight into how a network functions, as one cannot fix a problem if it is not really known that there is a problem. For example, without a baseline and active investigation, how could we differentiate a network slowdown from a malware attack or a 95% utilization of network bandwidth? Both behave essentially the same to the user, but the system baseline would aid in identifying the cause of the slowdown. Complete the worksheet and create an outline for an IT risk-mitigation plan.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

Identify the scope for an IT risk-mitigation plan.

Align the plan's major parts with the seven domains of an IT infrastructure.

1. Define the risk-mitigation steps.
2. Define procedures and processes needed to maintain a security baseline for ongoing mitigation.
3. Create an outline for an IT risk-mitigation plan.