Which of the following is an example of financial business impact?

Question

Options

• AA hacker using a stolen administrator identity brings down the SaaS sales and marketing systems,
• BWhile the breach was reported in a timely manner to the CEO, the CFO and CISO blamed each
• CA DDoS attack renders the customer's cloud inaccessible for 24 hours resulting in millions in lost
• DThe cloud provider fails to report a breach of customer personal data from an unsecured server,

• B
  5% (1)
• C
  90% (18)
• D
  5% (1)

Explanation

Financial business impact refers to direct, quantifiable monetary losses resulting from a security incident. Option C explicitly describes a DDoS attack causing 24 hours of cloud inaccessibility 'resulting in millions in lost' revenue - a clear, direct financial loss. Option A (administrator identity compromise bringing down SaaS systems) is primarily an operational and reputational impact. Option B (blame between executives after a breach) describes a governance, accountability, and reputational impact. Option D (CSP failing to report a data breach) describes a compliance, legal, and reputational impact. Only C directly expresses financial harm as its defining consequence.

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