IT Sector Baseline Risk Assessment

Overview
In August 2009, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Information Technology Sector Coordinating Council released the IT Sector Baseline Risk Assessment (ITSRA) to identify and prioritize national-level risks to critical sector-wide IT functions while outlining strategies to mitigate those risks and enhance national and economic security.


 * The ITSRA validated the resiliency of key elements of IT sector infrastructure while providing a process by which public and private sector owners and operators can continually update their risk management programs.
 * The ITSRA links security measures to concrete data to provide a basis for meaningful infrastructure protection metrics.

Source

 * Preventing and Defending Against Cyber Attacks, at 2.