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Quantitative Assessment

Definitions:

  Use of a set of methods, principles, or rules for assessing risks based on the use of numbers where the meanings and proportionality of values are maintained inside and outside the context of the assessment.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-30 Rev. 1 from DHS Risk Lexicon

  The use of a set of methods, principles, or rules for assessing risk based on numbers where the meanings and proportionality of values are maintained inside and outside of the context of the assessment.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-55v1 under quantitative assessment from Metrics and Measures (NIST)
NIST SP 800-55v2 under quantitative assessment from Metrics and Measures (NIST)