Quiz: Measuring Security Risk

Question 1

QUESTION:

All of your organization's data resides in a single database which is backed up 1 time every week on Sunday. Each day there are approximately 5,000 new entries in the database. If the database is accidentally deleted on Saturday evening what do you believe the Impact would be for the organization?

ANSWER:

I would say the impact is relatively high because your organization would lose 6-7 full days worth of data.

Question 2

QUESTION:

What if the database from above was accidentally deleted on Monday evening?

ANSWER:

I would say the impact in this situation would be medium. The organization still stands to lose approximately 5,000 database records which doesn't seem insignificant but you would need to weigh this fully to make a determination between low, medium, or high. It may be that 90% of a week's sales are generated during Saturday.

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