The process of reducing the overall risk or impact of a cybersecurity threat involves the use of security policies and procedures. Risk mitigation in the context of cybersecurity can be divided into three categories: prevention, detection, and remediation. Your organization's cybersecurity risk mitigation strategies will need to evolve to keep a competitive edge as cybercriminals' tactics become more sophisticated.
The tools, procedures, and methods businesses employ to lessen the severity or seriousness of a potential data breach or other cyberattack are referred to as threat mitigation (also known as cyber risk mitigation or cyber-attack mitigation).