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Security program management and oversight
Question
A security administrator plans on replacing a critical business application in five years. Recently, there was a security flaw discovered in the application that will cause the IT department to manually re-enable user accounts each month at a cost of $2,000. Patching the application today would cost $140,000 and take two months to implement. Which of the following should the security administrator do in regards to the application?
Options
- AAvoid the risk to the user base allowing them to re-enable their own accounts
- BMitigate the risk by patching the application to increase security and saving money
- CTransfer the risk replacing the application now instead of in five years
- DAccept the risk and continue to enable the accounts each month saving money
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Topics
#risk management#risk acceptance#cost-benefit analysis#risk treatment options