Magnetic Remanence

Residual information remaining on storage media after clearing. (. See magnetic remanence and clearing. )The residual magnetism that remains on magnetic storage media after degaussing.
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Portion of risk remaining after security measures have been applied. Risk that comprises specific threats to specific assets against which upper management chooses not to implement a safeguard. In other words, residual risk is the risk that management has chosen to accept rather than mitigate.
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The level of residual risk that has been determined to be a reasonable level of potential loss/disruption for a specific IT system. See also total risk, residual risk, and minimum level of protection.
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Reassignment and reuse of a storage medium containing one or more objects after ensuring no residual data remains on the storage medium.
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The amount of risk an organization would face if no safeguards were implemented. Threats - vulnerabilities - asset value = total risk. The potential for the occurrence of an adverse event if no mitigating action is taken (i. e. , the potential for any applicable threat to exploit a system vulnerability). See also acceptable risk, residual risk, minimum level of protection.
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