Which statement about the Calculated Risk Score is true?

Which statement about the Calculated Risk Score is true?

• A. It uses Inherent risk scores to adjust ALE and Score
• B. It uses Inherent, Residual, and Control and Indicator Failure Factors
• C. It uses Attestation Score
• D. It uses Configuration Test Score

Answer: (B)

The calculated risk score is built from three components that together reflect how risk changes from the moment it’s identified to after controls are applied, including the potential for control and indicator failures. Inherent risk represents the baseline exposure before any controls are put in place. Residual risk is what remains after applying controls, showing how effective those controls are at reducing risk. Control and Indicator Failure Factors adjust the score to account for the possibility that controls could fail or indicators could misrepresent the risk, increasing the overall risk level when failures or gaps are likely. Because the calculated risk score combines inherent risk, residual risk, and these failure factors, the statement describing it as using Inherent, Residual, and Control and Indicator Failure Factors is the accurate one. Attestation Score and Configuration Test Score aren’t part of the Calculated Risk Score, and relying only on inherent risk to adjust ALE and score would omit the crucial residual and failure-factor components.

The calculated risk score is built from three components that together reflect how risk changes from the moment it’s identified to after controls are applied, including the potential for control and indicator failures. Inherent risk represents the baseline exposure before any controls are put in place. Residual risk is what remains after applying controls, showing how effective those controls are at reducing risk. Control and Indicator Failure Factors adjust the score to account for the possibility that controls could fail or indicators could misrepresent the risk, increasing the overall risk level when failures or gaps are likely.

Because the calculated risk score combines inherent risk, residual risk, and these failure factors, the statement describing it as using Inherent, Residual, and Control and Indicator Failure Factors is the accurate one.

Attestation Score and Configuration Test Score aren’t part of the Calculated Risk Score, and relying only on inherent risk to adjust ALE and score would omit the crucial residual and failure-factor components.