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Categorizing security controls

Categorizing security controls

From the course: CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) Cert Prep: 1 General Security Concepts

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Categorizing security controls

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Security professionals spend the majority of their time designing, implementing, and managing security controls as countermeasures to the risks they identify during risk assessments. Security controls are procedures and mechanisms that an organization puts in place to address security risks in some way. This might include trying to reduce the likelihood of a risk materializing, minimizing the impact of a risk if it does occur, or detecting security issues that do occur. Now, before we move into the area of cybersecurity, let's think for a moment about the ways that you secure your home. You probably use a number of different security controls. You certainly have locks on your doors and windows that are designed to keep out intruders, minimizing the risk of a burglary. That's just common sense. You might also have a burglar alarm designed to detect intrusions, security cameras to record activity inside your home, automatic light switches that deter a burglar by simulating human…

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