Risk Analysis

Full Title or Meme

Risk Assessment can take many forms depending on the principal that bears the risk of loss and the metric that is to be minimized.

Context

While this topic focuses just on the risk of Identity Management there are still many principals that can suffer loss in any digital interchange.

1. Users
2. Identifier and Appribute Providers
3. Relying Partiers
4. Tursted Third Parties

There are several objective:

1. Liability to tort actions
2. Fines from Government bodies
3. Loss of reputation
4. Loss of Privacy
5. The appearance of fairness in the court of public opinion.

Problems

The goal of a Risk Management system will have major implications for the type of Risk Assessment performed.