Glossary Q
Qualitative Assessment

Qualitative Assessment

Use of a set of methods, principles, or rules for assessing risk based on nonnumerical categories or levels.See NIST SP 800-30 Rev. 1 (DHS Risk Lexicon) ...

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Quality of Service (QoS)

Quality of Service (QoS)

A categorization of different types of network traffic to prioritize latency-sensitive data over non-latency-sensitive data. See NIST SP 800-127 for more information.

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Quantitative Assessment

Quantitative Assessment

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 ...

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Quarantine

Quarantine

Store files containing malware in isolation for future disinfection or examination. See NIST SP 800-69 for more information.  

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