A security analyst discovers a vulnerability on an unpatched web server that is used for testing machine learning on Big Data sets.
Exploitation of the vulnerability could cost the organization $1.5 million in lost productivity.
The server is located on an isolated network segment that has a 5% chance of being compromised.
Which of the following is the value of this risk?
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To calculate the value of this risk, we need to multiply the impact of the risk by the likelihood of the risk occurring.
The impact of the risk is given in the question as $1.5 million in lost productivity.
The likelihood of the risk occurring is given as a 5% chance of the isolated network segment being compromised.
Therefore, the value of the risk is:
$1.5 million (impact) * 0.05 (likelihood) = $75,000
So, the correct answer is A. $75,000.