Enterprise Impact of Information & Communications Technology Risk

Published

November 17, 2023

Author(s)

Stephen Quinn, Nahla Ivy, Matthew Barrett, Larry Feldman, Daniel Topper, Greg Witte, Karen Scarfone, Robert Gardner, Julie Chua

Abstract

All enterprises should ensure that information and communications technology (ICT) risk receives appropriate attention within their enterprise risk management (ERM) programs. This document is intended to help individual organizations within an enterprise improve their ICT risk management (ICTRM). This can enable enterprises and their component organizations to better identify, assess, and manage their ICT risks in the context of their broader mission and business objectives. This document explains the value of rolling up and integrating risks that may be addressed at lower system and organizational levels to the broader enterprise level by focusing on the use of ICT risk registers as input to the enterprise risk profile.

Citation

Special Publication (NIST SP) - 800-221

Report Number

800-221

NIST Pub Series

Special Publication (NIST SP)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-221

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Keywords

enterprise risk management (ERM), enterprise risk profile (ERP), enterprise risk register (ERR), information and communications technology (ICT), ICT risk, ICT risk management (ICTRM), ICT risk measurement, risk appetite, risk register, risk tolerance.

Citation

Quinn, S. , Ivy, N. , Barrett, M. , Feldman, L. , Topper, D. , Witte, G. , Scarfone, K. , Gardner, R. and Chua, J. (2023), Enterprise Impact of Information & Communications Technology Risk, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-221, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=936295 (Accessed October 14, 2025)