Your company sells Apple iPods online and has suffered many denial-of-service (DoS ) attacks. Your company makes an average $20,000 profit per week, and a typical DoS attack lowers sales by 40%. You suffer seven DoS attacks on average per year. A DoS-mitigation service is available for a subscription fee of $10,000/ month. You have tested this service, and believe it will mitigate the attacks. What is the Annual Rate of Occurrence in the above scenario?
A.
$20,000
B.
40%
C.
7
D.
$10,000
Explanation:
C . Answer C is correct ; the Annual rate of Occurrence is the number of attacks in a year .
Answers A , B , and D are incorrect. $20,000 is the Asset value (AV). Forty percent is the Exposure Factor (EF ). $10,000 is the monthly cost of the DoS service (used to calculate TCO)