Risk is the possibility that a threat will exploit a vulnerability and cause harm to an asset. Risk management is how an organization identifies, measures and decides what to do about those possibilities, so it can spend its security budget where it matters most. Security+ tests the vocabulary of risk management, the tools used to track risk, and the quantitative formulas SLE, ARO and ALE. Expect at least one calculation question, so practice the math until it is automatic.
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