GuidePoint Security’s white paper, “Cybersecurity Risk Culture, Appetite, and Tolerance: The Groundwork of an Effective Cybersecurity Risk Management Program,” emphasizes the importance of understanding core risk management concepts. Every organization has a risk culture along with risk appetite and tolerance, which may be undefined or inconsistently applied. Clarifying these distinctions is essential for accurately assessing and communicating risk. The paper explains how defining risk appetite and tolerance, much like balancing governance and management, establishes a strong foundation for building or improving a resilient cybersecurity risk management program.

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