Principles of Information Systems (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Ralph Stair, George Reynolds
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Reasonable assurance:
- In the process of risk assessment, reasonable assurance is one of the steps.
- Reasonable assurance when connected with IS (
information system) security , recognizes that managers must use their judgement to make sure that the cost associated to control does not exceed the system’s benefits or the risks associated to it...
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