Explanation
The threat landscape is a design factor that describes the types and levels of threats that an enterprise faces from internal and external sources that could compromise its information and technology assets. The threat landscape helps to determine the level of security and resilience that an enterprise needs to protect its information and technology assets from unauthorized access use disclosure modification destruction or disruption. When tailoring a governance system for an enterprise what would be the most appropriate level of threat landscape for an enterprise in the health care sector is high. The health care sector is a sector that provides health care services such as diagnosis treatment prevention rehabilitation etc., to individuals or populations. The health care sector has a high level of threat landscape compared to other sectors such as manufacturing or retail which have lower levels of threat landscape. This is because the health care sector handles sensitive personal data such as medical records health insurance information patient identifiers etc., that are subject to strict privacy and security regulations such as HIPAA GDPR etc., as well as ethical and legal obligations. The health care sector also relies on critical information and technology systems such as electronic health records telemedicine devices medical devices etc., that are essential for delivering quality health care services to patients. The health care sector faces various types of threats such as cyberattacks data breaches identity theft ransomware malware phishing social engineering natural disasters human errors etc., that could compromise its information and technology assets resulting in financial losses reputational damage legal liabilities regulatory penalties patient harm etc. Therefore when tailoring a governance system for an enterprise in the health care sector it is important to consider a high level of threat landscape and design a governance system that can effectively manage the potential impacts of threats on its information and technology assets5 References: 5: COBIT 2019 Design Guide: page 41-43 : COBIT 2019 Design Guide: page
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