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