Vulnerability Assessment and Risk Management - Course Name

This report provides an overview of vulnerability assessment and risk management. It discusses the importance of evaluating potential hazards and risks in various systems, including information technology, energy supply, and water management networks. The report highlights the role of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) in establishing priorities and objectives for protecting critical infrastructure and key resources. It emphasizes the need for a comprehensive approach that considers physical, cyber, and human aspects. The report also explores the practical implications of risk evaluation, including the identification of potential dangers, assessment of their likelihood and severity, and the implementation of measures to mitigate or eliminate the identified risks. This assignment is a valuable resource for students looking to understand the principles of risk management and the protection of critical infrastructure.

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Vulnerability evaluation is the approach used to define, quantify and prioritize device
vulnerabilities (or ranking). Vulnerability assessment Networks performing risk evaluations
include but are not limited to information technology, energy supply and water management
networks, transport and communications systems.
Comprehensive method of risk recognition, risk management and risk evaluation. A risk
evaluation consists of a detailed review of the workplace for events, conditions and procedures
that may be potentially harmful to people. When detected, you assess and determine the
probability and the severity of the risk. You will then be able to determine which steps to
effectively remove or monitor the harm are appropriate if you make this decision (Van Zyl,
2006).
The NIPP offers a structured strategy to develop a priorities, objectives, and criteria for
protecting domestic critical infrastructure and key resources (CIs / KR), in order to allow the
most efficient use of federal resources to reduce risk, decrease risks, and mitigate attacks and
other consequences. It identifies overarching concepts for all the CI / KR industries defined in
HSPD 7, and it discusses the physical, cyber and human aspects needed for the successful
implementation of comprehensive programmes.

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References
Van Zyl, K. (2006). Reducing Disaster Risk through Vulnerability Assessment: An Agricultural
Perspective. Jàmbá: Journal Of Disaster Risk Studies, 1(1).
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(2020). Retrieved 13 April 2020, from https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/NIPP_RiskMgmt.pdf