Introducing OCTAVE Allegro: Improving the Information Security Risk Assessment Process

This technical report introduces the next generation of the Operationally Critical Threat, Asset, and Vulnerability Evaluation (OCTAVE) methodology, OCTAVE Allegro. OCTAVE Allegro is a methodology to streamline and optimize the process of assessing information security risks so that an organization can obtain sufficient results with a small investment in time, people, and other limited resources. It leads the organization to consider people, technology, and facilities in the context of their relationship to information and the business processes and services they support. This report highlights the design considerations and requirements for OCTAVE Allegro based on field experience with existing OCTAVE methods and provides guidance, worksheets, and examples that an organization can use to begin performing OCTAVE Allegro-based risk assessments.

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Authors

Richard A. Caralli

James F. Stevens

Lisa R. Young

William R. Wilson

This report is related to the following area(s) of work:

Security and Survivability

Technical Report
CMU/SEI-2007-TR-012
May 2007

Cite This Report

SEI:

Caralli, Richard; Stevens, James; Young, Lisa; & Wilson, William. Introducing OCTAVE Allegro: Improving the Information Security Risk Assessment Process (CMU/SEI-2007-TR-012). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2007. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/07tr012.cfm

IEEE:

R. Caralli, J. Stevens, L. Young, and W. Wilson, "Introducing OCTAVE Allegro: Improving the Information Security Risk Assessment Process," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Technical Report CMU/SEI-2007-TR-012, 2007. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/07tr012.cfm

APA:

Caralli, R., Stevens, J., Young, L., & Wilson, W. (2007). Introducing OCTAVE Allegro: Improving the Information Security Risk Assessment Process (CMU/SEI-2007-TR-012). Retrieved May 24, 2013, from the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University website: http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/07tr012.cfm

CHI:

Caralli, Richard, James Stevens, Lisa Young, and William Wilson. Introducing OCTAVE Allegro: Improving the Information Security Risk Assessment Process (CMU/SEI-2007-TR-012). Pittsburgh, PA: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2007. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/07tr012.cfm

MLA:

Caralli, R., Stevens, J., Young, L., & Wilson, W. 2007. Introducing OCTAVE Allegro: Improving the Information Security Risk Assessment Process (Technical Report CMU/SEI-2007-TR-012). Pittsburgh: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/07tr012.cfm

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