How does risk assessment contribute to continual improvement?
- A.Regular risk reassessment identifies new risks and evaluates treatment effectiveness, driving improvements in the ISMS
- B.Risk assessment identifies problems for the risk register and stops there, with improvement decisions taken separately by the internal audit function at year end
- C.Risk assessment is performed once at ISMS establishment, and the resulting treatment plan is carried unchanged through each certification cycle
- D.Risk assessment sits outside the improvement cycle, and reports to the risk committee alone
Why A is correct
Regular risk reassessment identifies new risks, evaluates treatment effectiveness, and reveals control gaps, driving continuous ISMS enhancement.
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