HTB CPTS: Risk Management Process

PublishedSeptember 30, 2025

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Jonas Satkauskas

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Step	Explanation
`Identifying the Risk`	Identifying risks the business is exposed to, such as legal, environmental, market, regulatory, and other types of risks.
`Analyze the Risk`	Analyzing the risks to determine their impact and probability. The risks should be mapped to the organization's various policies, procedures, and business processes.
`Evaluate the Risk`	Evaluating, ranking, and prioritizing risks. Then, the organization must decide to accept (unavoidable), avoid (change plans), control (mitigate), or transfer risk (insure).
`Dealing with Risk`	Eliminating or containing the risks as best as possible. This is handled by interfacing directly with the stakeholders for the system or process that the risk is associated with.
`Monitoring Risk`	All risks must be constantly monitored. Risks should be constantly monitored for any situational changes that could change their impact score, `i.e., from low to medium or high impact`.

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