Question

Acme Corp. is conducting a business impact analysis for the threat of ransomware impacting its organization. The company determines that there is a 1 percent risk of a significant ransomware attack in any given year. Overall annual revenue for the company is valued at $10,000,000 and estimates are that a large ransomware attack would cause approximately $1,000,000 in damage. What is the Estimated Threat Impact (ETI) in this scenario? Group of answer choices $1,000,000 $10,000 $10,000,000 $100,000

Answer 1

Answer: $1,000,000

Step-by-step explanation:

Risk impact assessment refers to the method of assessing the probabilities of a particular risk and its consequences in case they are realized.

Based on the question, since there's an estimate that a large ransomware attack would cause approximately $1,000,000 in damagez then the estimated threat impact is $1,000,000.