QuestionQ15

VerifiedSecurity Operations and Management

Mark Reynolds, a SOC analyst at a healthcare organization, is monitoring the SIEM system when he identifies a potential security threat: a series of unusual login attempts aimed at critical patient-data servers. After investigating the alerts and working with the incident response team, the SOC concludes that the threat has a Likely chance of occurring and could result in Significant damage, including operational disruption, financial loss from data breaches, and HIPAA regulatory penalties. Using a standard Risk Matrix, how would this risk be categorized in terms of overall severity?

Explanation

Risk matrices rate overall severity by combining likelihood and impact. A likely event with significant consequences—such as disruption of patient-data systems, breach-related financial loss, and HIPAA penalties—falls in the High-risk category.

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