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A security analyst has been asked to develop a quantitative risk analysis and risk assessment for the companys online sh

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 7:32 pm
by answerhappygod
A security analyst has been asked to develop a quantitative risk analysis and risk assessment for the companys online shopping application. Based on heuristic information from the Security Operations Center (SOC), a Denial of Service Attack (DoS) has been successfully executed 5 times a year. The Business
Operations department has determined the loss associated to each attack is $40,000. After implementing application caching, the number of DoS attacks was reduced to one time a year. The cost of the countermeasures was $100,000. Which of the following is the monetary value earned during the first year of operation?

A. $60,000
B. $100,000
C. $140,000
D. $200,000