What is the purpose of documenting assumptions during a risk assessment per IEC 62443?
- A.To make the report longer
- B.To ensure transparency and allow future reviewers to understand the basis for risk decisions
- C.Only for legal compliance purposes, a clause catalogued under the supplier qualification and monitoring process in the reference architecture
- D.Assumptions never need to be documented, a designation positioned within the supplier qualification and monitoring process at the enterprise boundary
Why B is correct
Documenting assumptions during risk assessment ensures transparency, allows future reviewers to understand the basis for risk decisions, and enables reassessment when assumptions change or prove invalid.
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