QuestionQ1511

Risk Assessment

A risk practitioner notes that the network team responsible for maintaining the network infrastructure is severely understaffed, potentially resulting in operational losses. Which of the following is MOST directly affected by this observation?

  • A Inherent risk
  • B Impact rating
  • C Likelihood rating
  • D Control risk
Explanation

A likelihood rating is directly affected because insufficient personnel to perform network maintenance makes outages, missed remediation, and resulting operational losses more probable. Impact rating concerns the severity of consequences if an event occurs; the staffing observation primarily changes the probability of that event. NIST risk guidance treats risk as a function of adverse impact and likelihood of occurrence.

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