Table B - Maximum Potential Impacts for Each Assurance Level

Excerpted from the Procedural Directive pages 9 and 10

Assurance Level Profiles (Impact)

Potential Impact Categories

1

2

3

4

Inconvenience, distress or damage to standing or reputation

Low

Mod

Mod

High

Financial loss or agency liability

Low

Mod

Mod

High

Agency liability

Low

Mod

Mod

High

Harm to agency programs or public interests

N/A

Low

Mod

High

Unauthorized release of sensitive information

N/A

Low

Mod

High

Personal Safety

N/A

N/A

Low

Mod
High

Civil or criminal violations

N/A

Low

Mod

High

Assurance Level Profiles (Impact with a Significant Probability of Occurrence)

1

2

3

4

Inconvenience, distress or damage to standing or reputation

N/A

Low

Mod

High

Financial loss or agency liability

N/A

Low

Mod

High

Agency liability

N/A

Low

Mod

High

Harm to agency programs or public interests

N/A

N/A

Low

Mod
High

Unauthorized release of sensitive information

N/A

N/A

Low

Mod
High

Personal Safety

N/A

N/A

Low

Mod
High

Civil or criminal violations

N/A

N/A

Low

Mod
High