A study to prioritize the criticality of information resources for the enterprise based on costs (or consequences) of adverse events.In an impact analysis, threats to assets are identified and potenti [..]

Assessing the pros and cons of pursuing a particular course of action. [D00804]

Definition A management-level, structural approach utilized by an organization to determine the extent of negative effects of change originating from a proposed policy decision or project implementati [..]

  As part of an Information Security Risk Assessment, you should identify the threats to your Business Assets and the impact such threats could have, if the threat resulted in a genuine incident. Such analysis should quantify the value of the Business Assets being protected to decide on the appropriate level of safeguards. *** The Information Secur [..]

As part of an Information Security Risk Assessment, you should identify the threats to your Business Assets and the impact such threats could have, if the threat resulted in a genuine incident. Such a [..]

Impact analysis tries to assess the impact of changes on the rest of the system: when a certain component changes, which system parts will be affected, and how will they be affected?

assessing the effect of a change to an existing system, usually in maintenance testing, to determine the amount of regression testing to be done.