ISC2 Certified Cloud Security Professional 2026 outline (effective Aug 1, 2026) · Domain 6: Legal, risk & compliance

Implications of cloud for enterprise risk management: data owner/controller vs custodian/processor, regulatory transparency, risk treatment

Last reviewed September 29, 2026 · Leer en español

Enterprise risk management (ERM) is how an organization identifies and manages risks across the whole business, not just in IT. Adopting cloud services moves some activities to providers but leaves the organization responsible for the outcomes, and ERM has to reflect that.

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